What Really Matters: Faith, Hope, Love: 365 Daily Devotions from Our Daily Bread - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1627079467 ISBN 13: 9781627079464

Publisher: Our Daily Bread Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

What Really Matters invites you to discover what the Bible says about faith, hope, and love—and why these vital concepts are significant to your relationships with God and others. This 365-day devotional collection includes a combination of Scripture, engaging stories, and compelling quotes to encourage you in your daily walk with the Lord.
 
You’ll find life-changing truths in this treasury of wisdom from the writers of Our Daily Bread—truths that will encourage you to . . .

•  put your trust in the Sovereign Lord.
• increase your passion for God.
• share His amazing love with others.

Discover how you you can move forward in life with confident hope, as you grow in your understanding of what really matters to God.
 

About this title

About the Author

Bill Crowder joined the Our Daily Bread Ministries staff in 2001 after more than 20 years in the pastorate stretching from West Virginia to southern California to west Michigan. Over the years, Bill has spent much of his time in a Bible-conference ministry around the world, serving ODBM offices and their outreach to their local communities. 

Bill is a contributing writer for the Our Daily Bread devotional and has written many Bible study booklets for ODBM’s Discovery Series. He has also published a number of books with Our Daily Bread Publishing, including Wisdom for Our Worries. Bill also serves as cohost on Discover the Word, a podcast and daily radio program heard nationwide. 

Now semiretired, Bill and his wife, Marlene, live in North Carolina. They have been married for over 45 years and have five adult children and a growing legion of grandchildren. To relax, Bill enjoys playing golf whenever possible, and following sports, especially the English Premier League’s Liverpool Football Club.

 

Our Daily Bread is distributed around the world and is translated into more than 50 languages. Each month, millions of readers turn to the pages of this beloved devotional for inspiration, comfort, peace, and hope. Visit odb.org for more information.
 

Dave Branon retired in 2021 after a 40-year career as a writer and editor with Our Daily Bread Ministries. With more than 1,200 articles so far, Dave continues to write for the Our Daily Bread devotional. He has also written 20 books, which include Beyond the Valley: Finding Hope in Life's Losses and Lands of the Bible Today. He and his wife, Sue, have four children and eight grandchildren, and live in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

James Banks (D.Min, Gordon-Conwell) makes his home in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife, Cari, where James is the founding pastor of Peace Church. James’s adventure with writing started in 4th grade when his teacher discovered it was a great way to keep him out of trouble! He loves to encourage others to draw close to God through heartfelt prayer and fresh insight from Scripture. James’s books have been translated into many languages and have touched the lives of over half a million people. They include Prayers for Prodigals, Praying the Prayers of the Bible, Prayers for Your Children, Peace Through Prayer, Hope Lies Ahead (which he co-wrote with his son Geoffrey), and others. You can find teaching from James through Our Daily Bread University’s popular Prayer Basics series and the Praying with Jesus DVD. James is featured weekly on the Encouraging Prayer radio broadcast and podcast and is a much-loved speaker for churches and retreats. You can find out more about what James is up to lately by visiting JamesBanks.org.


Julie Ackerman Link was a popular author with Our Daily Bread readers, and her insightful and inspiring articles have touched millions of lives around the world. Julie worked in publishing and started her career at Zondervan, where she served as managing editor of devotional and self-help books. She authored Above All, Love. After a lengthy battle with cancer, Julie went to be with the Lord in April 2015.



Xochitl (So-Cheel) E. Dixon, Our Daily Bread and God Hears Her writer, is a disabled Mexican author and speaker who is passionate about spiritual growth, discipleship, and prayer. Serving Jesus with her beautifully diverse family and service dog, Callie, Xochitl contributed to Tyndale's NLT Go Bible for Kids and is the author of Waiting for God: Trusting Him for the Answers to Every Prayer, Sacred Strides: Walking in the Power and Presence of the Holy Spirit, What Color is God’s Love?, Wonderfully, Marvelously Brown, and the 2021 ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist, Different Like Me. Connect with Xochitl at www.xedixon.com.
 


As a “third-culture kid” (parents from one culture who raised him in another), Tim Gustafson attended eight different schools in his first nine years of schooling, plus a “semester at sea” that comprised first grade. His adoptive parents were missionaries who traveled several times by ship. The penchant for traveling didn’t stop with adulthood, and it’s served him well as he continues his career as a writer and editor. A military veteran of three deployments, Tim and his wife, Leisa, have eight children—seven of whom are boys—and a granddaughter.

From the Back Cover

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
—1 Corinthians 13:13
 
From the writers of Our Daily Bread comes a yearlong devotional journey filled with inspiring meditations based on faith, hope, and love—with an emphasis on love, the central theme of God’s message to the world. Each day offers you confidence and encouragement through a combination of Scripture, engaging stories, and compelling quotes.
 
This treasury of wisdom points your heart to what really matters in life as you grow deeper in your understanding of faith, hope, and love. Discover how you can stand firm in the Sovereign Lord, increase your passion for Him, and share His affection with others.
 

Edition details

• Publisher: Our Daily Bread Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1627079467
• ISBN 13: 9781627079464
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384