Daily Bread Pastor Mike Anderson 2026

John 5 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary - John 5 Verses for the Day - John 5:24-30 24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. 28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. 30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. Commentary In verse 16, Jesus starts teaching about the authority that He and ...

John 4 - NIV John 4 - Enduring Word Commentary Key Verses 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” 13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Commentary One of the things I love about Jesus, which reveals the nature of God, is how inclusive he is. He seems to love the " underdog ...

John 3 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary - John 3 Key Verses - John 3:3-8 3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” Commentary This is one of my favorite stories of the bible, although I always say that. We so often hear someone say, " He or she is a born-again Christian" ! I almost want to say, " Is there any other type of Christian?" I was par...

John 2 - NIV John 2 - Enduring Word Commentary Verses for the Day - John 2:7-10 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.  8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”  They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.” Commentary John's gospel is unique in that it uses the word " signs ", and the other three gospels use the word " miracles ". The word miracles focuses more on the power of Jesus. The Greek word for "miracles" is " dunamis ", which is where we get our term " dynamite ". A sign is something that point...

John 1 - NIV John 1 - Enduring Word Commentary Verses for the Day: John 1:1-3,14 The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.  14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. Commentary Today we begin my favorite gospel, and one of my favorite books in the bible, the gospel of John. John was also called, "the disciple whom Jesus loved".  I love John because it gives us a glimpse of the relational side of Jesus, with many stories that are not included in the other gospels. I.e. Nicodemus, Lazarus, the women at the well, and the woman caught in adultery. John is also unique from a theological perspective. Whereas the first three gospels, also known as the "synoptic gospels",...

Luke 24 - NIV Luke 24 - Enduring Word Commentary Key Verses for Today Jesus Has Risen 24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ” 8 Then they remembered his words.  9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother...