Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

My name is Sochio Dixon.

Today, in resilient faith, I share a story that helped me become more confident in the security of my hope in Jesus.

Towering dunes along the north shore of Silver Lake put nearby homes at risk of sinking into shifting sands.

Though residents tried moving mounds of sand in efforts to protect their homes, they watched helplessly, as well-built houses were buried right before their eyes.

As a local sheriff oversaw the cleanup of a recently destroyed cottage, he affirmed the

process couldn't be prevented. No matter how hard homeowners tried to avoid the dangers of

these unsteady embankments, the dune simply couldn't provide a strong foundational support.

Jesus knew the futility of building a house on sand.

After warning the disciples to be wary of false prophets, he assured them that loving obedience

demonstrates wisdom. He said that everyone who hears his words and puts them into practice

is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The one who hears his words and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

The one who hears God's words and chooses not to put them into practice, however,

is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

When circumstances feel like shifting sands, burying us under the weight of affliction or worries,

we can place our hope in Christ, our rock.

He will help us develop resilient faith, built on the unshakable foundation of his unchanging character.

Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Matthew Chapter 7, verses 24 to 27.

Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mind and puts them into practice is like a

wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain

came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Yet it did not fall

because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mind and does not put them into practice

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