Daily Bread Pastor Mike Anderson 2026

Mark 2 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary Key Verses for Today 15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”  17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Commentary Jesus begins chapter 2 by performing another miracle. This time a man who was paralyzed was brought in by four men on a mat to see Jesus. Since a crowd was now following him wherever he went, they had to cut a hole in a roof to get an audience with him. When Jesus saw their faith he healed the man.  Next, Jesus does something that would have probably shocked many of those who were following him. The next disciple he called was ...

Mark 1 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary Verses for the Day Jesus Announces the Good News 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” Commentary Today we begin Mark's gospel, which is the shortest of the 4 gospels at only 16 chapters. The gospel of Mark is the earliest gospel written, and one of the earliest books written in the New Testament. We know it is written before A.D. 70,  because it doesn't talk about the fall of the temple in A.D. 70, which both Matthew and Luke talk about.  Mark is written from the perspective of the apostle Peter. It is fast paced and centers on the actions of power that Jesus manifested. This is reflected in Jesus' words above. Jesus is announcing the Good News. Often we associate the Good News solely with Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. If we believe in him we are saved and obtain eternal....

Matthew 28 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary Verses for the Day The Great Commission 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Commentary I have many different life verses, which are bible passages that have greatly impacted me at different times in my Christian life. One of the first was Romans 12:1-2,  " In view of God's mercy offer your bodies as a living sacrifice which is holy and acceptable to God. Do not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." This was a time where I re-commi...

Matthew 27 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary Verses for the Day Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. 30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again. 31 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. Commentary There are a lot of verses I could have picked out from this chapter chronicling the last day of Jesus' life. But what stood out to me the most is how they treated Jesus. When you consider that Jesus is God, it is almost unbelievable and shocking the things they did and said to him. We see the remarkable restraint of Jesus. At any time he could have called...

Click Here to Read or Listen to Matthew 26 Enduring Word Commentary Verses of the Day 36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”  39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” At the core of our Christian theology, which ensures we don't stray from the clear principles of the bible, is the teaching that Jesus is fully God and fully man. We see many instances of Jesus showing He was God. He turned water into wine. He fed 5,000 people with a few loves and fish. He healed a man covered with leprosy. He healed the blind, the mute, and the lame. I believ...

Matthew 25 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary Verses for the Day The Parable of the Bags of Gold 14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. 17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. 18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. Commentary Jesus again teaches two parables about what the " Kingdom of God " is like. These parables teach principles, which we can build our lives on. The parables teach us how to live a productive Christian life.  There are two types of judgments when Jesus returns. The first is based on whether you have believed in Jesus or not. Jesus said, " I am the way...