What We Believe

The following are the core beliefs of MY DAILY BREAD GLOBAL based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

We believe the scriptures of the entire Bible are inspired by God, are God’s method of revealing himself to mankind, are never wrong, and are our guide for faith, belief, and manner of living (2 Peter 1:20 - 21; 2 Timothy 3:15 - 17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13).

We believe in one and only one true and living God. He has always existed without any outside cause or agent bringing Him into being. He is the creator of all things and has chosen to reveal Himself as One God, the same in essence though existing in Three Manifestations, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, distinguishable but indivisible (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22).

1.  Of the World.  That God spoke into existence the world and all things that it contains, for His own pleasure, and the enjoyment of His creatures (Revelation 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:17).

2.  Of Man.  God created man in His image according to Genesis 1:26 as a triune being, consisting of spirit, soul (which is made of the mind, will and emotions), and a body.

We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Savior of all men, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, has always existed, God with us, fully human and fully God. He lived a sinless life. In order to restore fallen mankind, He died on the cross as a substitute for the sins of every person, was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day by the supernatural power of God, personally appeared to His disciples and is now ascended into Heaven, praying for us and one day returning a second time for his church. (Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Matthew 1:21-23; Luke 1:26-35; John 1:1-2; 1:14-18; 1:29; 1:49; 5:22-23; 14:2-3; Acts 2:32-36; Romans 1:1-3; 4:11; 4:25; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, 15:24-28; Philippians 2:8-9; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Hebrews 1:1-13; 12;2; 1 Peter 1:8; 2:22; 3:22; 1 John 4:1-5; 4:10; 4:14; Revelation 1:13; 1:17-18; 5:6-14; 7:9-10)

We believe Holy Spirit is an intelligent being as distinct as God the Father and Jesus the Son. He thinks (Romans 8:27), feels (Romans 15:30), wills (i.e., desires, determines and purposes specific things, 1 Corinthians 12:11) and has the capacity to love and to enjoy personal companionship. He testifies about Christ, which means he moves about and communicates. He was sent by God to bring believers into a close personal relationship with Jesus (John 14:16-18, 26). Because He is God, Holy Spirit is omnipresent (everywhere at the same time), omniscient (all-knowing) and omnipotent (all powerful). He is also loving, forgiving, merciful and persistent. Holy Spirit was present and active in creation, credited with inspiration, the giving of life and sanctification and to this day dwells with all believers. (Genesis 1:2; John 16:13; Acts 10:19; 1 Corinthians 2:11; 1 Corinthians 12)

We believe mankind was created good and upright, but by willful choice, ignored God’s instructions and chose to engage in what was wrong and evil. As a result, mankind fell from innocence and goodness and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God. (Romans 5:12-18).

We believe in the salvation of all sinners by grace, through repentance and faith in the perfect and sufficient work of the cross of Calvary by which we obtain remission of sins (Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 9:12; Romans 5:11)

We believe in the necessity of water baptism by immersion in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for every new Christian believer. This practice publicly states to family and friends their desire to live a biblically ordered life. (Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:34-38; 19:1-6)

We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a real experience at or after salvation, with the Scriptural evidence, namely, speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. We believe the Spirit-filled life, the transformed life, leads to a life of separation from the world and perfecting of holiness in the fear of God as expressing the true Christian faith (Acts 2:1-4; 8:14-17; 10:44-46; Galatians 3:14; Ephesians 5:18; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 7:1).

We believe in the operation of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit as enumerated in I Corinthians 12-14, as manifested in the Early Church. We believe these gifts empower the believer for witnessing and effective service, just as it did in New Testament times. (Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12-14, Ephesians 4)

We believe in the healing of the body by Divine power, or Divine healing in its varied aspects as practiced in the Early Church (Acts 4:30; Romans 8:11; I Corinthians 12:9; James 5:14).

We believe in the table of the Lord, commonly called “Communion” or “the Lord’s supper”, for believers (I Corinthians 11:28-32; Matthew 26:26-28).

We believe in eternal life for believers (John 5:24; 3:16), and eternal punishment for the unbelievers (Mark 9:43-48; II Thessalonians 1:9; Revelation 20:10-15). All Christians who have died will immediately go to Heaven. One day, those Christians still living on earth will be “raptured” or “caught up” to meet Jesus Christ and His resurrected followers in the air. Then, Christians of all ages will live with God forever.

We believe that there is one true universal Church, made up of genuine believers, but this one universal Church is also composed of many local churches in given localities. These Churches are under the sovereign Headship of the Lord Jesus Christ, exercising autonomous government under Him, administering all its local affairs and ministry, as well as the propagation of the Gospel (Acts 15:22; with Matthew 16:18; 18:15-20).

At creation God instituted marriage for the well-being of humanity and procreation. Marriage is an institute of God described singularly as a lifelong and exclusive union of one man and one woman in a faithful relationship that the Scriptures call “one flesh”. This covenant signifies to us the mystery of the union between Christ and His church. Marriage is the only proper setting for sexual intimacy. Scriptures require purity before and faithfulness within marriage. A healthy marriage should provide a loving, life-giving context for raising children in the fear and instruction of the Lord. It is the foundation of the family, the basic structure of human society.

We believe the Holy Scriptures clearly teach that life begins at conception. MY DAILY BREAD GLOBAL encourages the church body to help women and men in unplanned pregnancies by providing understanding, forgiveness, and counseling in a spirit of love. They should be helped morally, spiritually, and financially when possible.

God has made every person imprinted with God’s own image and worthy of dignity, respect, and honor. In that image, we find unity in Christ. The diversity of ethnicity, gender, age, station affords believers opportunity to extend the love of God to all people irrespective of their differences. The segmentation of society resulting in racism, sexism, ageism, elitism or any other type of discrimination is contrary to the heart of God and God’s desire for people. Disciples of Jesus endeavor to bring justice and righteousness to all, advocating especially for those who are impacted by the sinful forces of prejudice wherever it is found.