Dependence on God | Audio Reading | Our Daily Bread Devotional | September 7, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | The kingdom of God belongs to such as these. |
| 0:04.9 | Mark 10, verse 14. |
| 0:08.4 | Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:12.7 | Dependence on God was written and read by James Banks. |
| 0:25.0 | Mark chapter 10, verses 13 through 16. |
| 0:33.5 | People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. |
| 0:36.5 | When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. |
| 0:40.1 | He said to them, let the little children come to me and do not hinder them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly, I tell you, |
| 0:48.4 | anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little little child, will never enter it. |
| 0:55.8 | And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them, and blessed them. |
| 1:05.6 | Dependence on God. |
| 1:08.4 | Oh, you look so serious, I said to my ten-week-old granddaughter Lelani. She was studying my face |
| 1:16.2 | with a knitted brow as I talked to her. I'd be serious, too, I continued looking at this world. |
| 1:22.8 | But you know what? Mama loves you, daddy loves you, and Baba and Papa, our nicknames as grandparents, |
| 1:30.2 | love you too. But best of all, Jesus loves you, and that means everything. Then it happened. |
| 1:41.3 | Like a cloud letting the sun through, the furrow left her brow, and her little face lit up |
| 1:48.0 | with a smile that melted my heart. Like most grandparents, I'd like to believe she understood me, |
| 1:55.8 | though that may be a stretch. But perhaps she caught some of the joy behind my words. The simple, innocent joy that |
| 2:04.7 | shone on her face brought to mind Jesus' words in Mark 10, that we must receive the kingdom of God |
| 2:12.4 | like a little child. Jesus said those words as people were bringing little children to him so he might |
| 2:20.1 | place his hands on them and bless them. But the disciples rebuked them, thinking Jesus too busy or |
| 2:28.2 | important. That troubled him. Children are naturally humble and dependent. |
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