LOOKINâ€™ GOOD! - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Saturday, July 17, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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LOOKINâ€™ GOOD!

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And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
-Hebrews 10:24

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Psalms 18-19
Acts 20:17-38

After trying on my new sunglasses in the car one day, my daughter handed them back and said, "These are not sunglasses, Mom. They're just fashion lenses. Let me guess," she teased, "you bought them because you look cute in them."
Okay, I have to admit - my daughter knows me. I hadn't given a passing thought to UV rays or even whether those sunglasses would actually block the sun. I just really liked the way they looked on me.
Most of us like to look good. We want to appear that we "have it all together" - with no struggles or fears or temptations or heartaches.
Trying to maintain a faÃ§ade on our spiritual journey doesn't help us or our fellow travellers. But sharing our lives with others in the body of Christ benefits us as well as others. When we are a bit more transparent, we may find people who are struggling in a similar situation. And as we enjoy a growing fellowship with God and become more aware of our own brokenness and inadequacy, God is able to use us more fully to help others.
Let's allow God to strip away any pretense and "let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds" (Hebrews 10:24 NIV). - Cindy Hess Kasper
Wearing a mask that shows everything's fine
Says that life's struggles are not God's design;
But when we're open, transparent, and true,
People will trust God to meet their needs too. - Sper

Believers stand strong when they don't stand alone.

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