If you are struggling with cancer, grief, or chronic pain, the journey can be arduous and seem unending. During her most difficult seasons, most recently coping with cancer, Roberta has found peace in words from the Lord’s Prayer, “…Give us this day our daily bread.”

Today, as you or those close to you face hardships—especially lasting ones—spend time centering your heart by trusting God to provide the daily bread of his love and presence today. Acknowledge your need for God and remember his promise to work in all things (even pain) for his glory and your good.

As Roberta encourages, hold out your hands, palms open, and pray: “Give me this day my daily bread.”

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MORE RESOURCES:

• Facing Trials with Joy: Cancer and Beyond
• Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: Life After Shock

KEY QUESTIONS:

• How has God worked in your life during a season of suffering?
• Knowing that God sees you and loves you, what struggle can you bring before him today, trusting him to work in it for your good and his glory?
• Who in your life needs someone to see them through God’s eyes? Take a moment to check on the person or people who come to mind.

KEY SCRIPTURES:

• Esther 4:14: “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
• Genesis 16:13: “She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.’”
• Matthew 6:11: “Give us today our daily bread.”

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Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Founded by Joni Eareckson Tada, we provide Christ-centered care through Joni's House, Wheels for the World, Retreats and Getaways, and disability ministry training.

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Roberta Dunn has been active in the disability community as an advocate and parent leader since the birth of her twins more than 30 years ago. Sharing insights and challenging misperceptions of disability, Roberta has spoken nationally, regionally, locally—and across the coffee table—with thousands of parents, professionals, and individuals experiencing disability.

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KEY QUESTIONS:

What’s one thing in your life that you “just can’t handle”? Ask God to meet you in this pain point and show you the way forward.

Look around your church or neighborhood… who in your midst needs help or encouragement today?

What is your mission (as a Christ-follower, daughter/son, parent, friend)? Write it down and lift it up in prayer.

KEY SCRIPTURES:

James 1:2–4: “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”

Proverbs 3:5–6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

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Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Founded by Joni Eareckson Tada, we provide Christ-centered care through Joni's House, Wheels for the World, Retreats and Getaways, and disability ministry training.

Find more encouragement on Joni Eareckson Tada's Sharing Hope podcast and her daily devotional.