A Good Defense
Our Daily Bread Podcast
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🗓️ 2 May 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Be alert and of sober mind. |
| 0:03.9 | First Peter 5, verse 8. |
| 0:08.3 | Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. |
| 0:12.3 | A good defense was written by Patricia Rabon and read by Joyce Dinkins. |
| 0:26.6 | First Peter, Chapter 5 5 verses 8 through 11 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour, resist him, standing firm in the |
| 0:41.9 | faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same |
| 0:49.2 | kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, |
| 0:59.9 | after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, |
| 1:08.2 | and steadfast. To him be the power forever and ever. |
| 1:15.4 | Amen. |
| 1:18.6 | A good defense, written by Patricia Raybon. |
| 1:24.0 | On the basketball court, our grandson's seventh grade team did their best to score. |
| 1:30.6 | Offense was their passion, but after each basket, their coach urged them to hurry back down |
| 1:35.9 | court and play defense, which they were sometimes reluctant to do. |
| 1:41.7 | Everyone wanted to score, but no one seemed eager to put in the hard work of defending. |
| 1:47.0 | The key to the game the coach taught them was to anticipate the movements of the opposing players. |
| 1:54.0 | Stepping in front of a pass or shot would thwart the other team scoring and help the team win the game. |
| 2:01.6 | A defensive strategy that anticipates the moves of our enemy can also help in our spiritual lives. |
| 2:09.6 | And who is that enemy? |
| 2:11.6 | The Apostle Peter's letter to believers in Jesus reminds us. |
| 2:15.6 | Your enemy, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, |
| 2:21.2 | looking for someone to devour. So be alert and of sober mind, Peter wrote. Indeed, we're called |
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