The Word For You Today
"Much More" or "Much Less"
Today’s Scriptures
If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Matthew 7:11
You want something and do not have it, so you commit murder. And you covet something and cannot obtain it, so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have because you do not ask.
James 4:2
A Ministry Of Tears
Today’s Scriptures
Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.Psalm 126:6
You're Almost There!
Today’s Scriptures
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13-14
Tell Them While You Still Can
Today’s Scriptures
Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24
To Be Used By God
Today’s Scriptures
You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
John 5:39-40
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:14
Don't Let A Wall Build Up Between You
Today’s Scriptures
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:7
Give God All The Glory
Today’s Scriptures
the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”Revelation 4:10-11
You Can Learn To Love
Today’s Scriptures
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:3-4
Learn To Say No
Today’s Scriptures
That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”
Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
Mark 1:32-39
If You're A Leader, Read This!
Today’s Scriptures
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Romans 12:10-11
The Kids Are Watching You (2)
Today’s Scriptures
The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
Proverbs 23:24
The Kids Are Watching You (1)
Today’s Scriptures
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
Ephesians 5:1
"Forgive Them" And Delete It
Today’s Scriptures
Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
Luke 23:34
“But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Luke 6:27-31
Put God Between Yourself And The Foe
Today’s Scriptures
Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”
2 Chronicles 14:11
Only Jesus Can Satisfy Your Soul
Today’s Scriptures
“My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me, the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.Jeremiah 2:13
Born To Believe (2)
Today’s Scriptures
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4
Born To Believe (1)
Today’s Scriptures
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6
How God Sees You
Today’s Scriptures
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
Romans 8:1
Consult God on Your Daily To-Do List
Today’s Scriptures
The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;
Psalm 37:23
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10
Use Your Imagination
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For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:14-21