The Word For You Today
Who Are You Depending On?
Today’s Scriptures
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5
Get Alone With God (3)
Today’s Scriptures
When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.
Ecclesiastes 5:4
Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites. And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”
Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into his hands. He devastated twenty towns from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel Keramim. Thus Israel subdued Ammon.
When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her he had neither son nor daughter. When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, “Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break.”
“My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, now that the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites. But grant me this one request,” she said. “Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.”
“You may go,” he said. And he let her go for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never marry. After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin.
From this comes the Israelite tradition that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
Judges 11:29–40
Get Alone With God (1)
Today’s Scriptures
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.
Mark 1:35
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10
Don't Lose Your Passion For God
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His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
John 2:17
Have A Biblical Perspective
Today’s Scriptures
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
Romans 15:4
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
Deuteronomy 6:4–9
Faith Is Not Faith Until It Is Acted Upon
Today’s Scriptures
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
James 2:26
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
Knowing Which Season You're In
Today’s Scriptures
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
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
Don't Be Dismissive
Today’s Scriptures
not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:4
Go When The Light Is Green
Today’s Scriptures
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12
Try. Try Harder. Try Longer.
Today’s Scriptures
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
Galatians 6:9-10
Why Can't We Work Together? (4)
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Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:2-3
Why Can't We Work Together? (3)
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How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!
Psalm 133:1
Why Can't We Work Together? (2)
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“Do all that you have in mind,” his armor-bearer said. “Go ahead; I am with you heart and soul.”
1 Samuel 14:7
Knowing When Not To Speak
Today’s Scriptures
The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.
Proverbs 12:23
To Love, You Must Forgive
Today’s Scriptures
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13
Are You Preparing Yourself?
Today’s Scriptures
He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
Luke 5:3-4
Don't Be A Murmurer (2)
Today’s Scriptures
Death and Destruction lie open before the Lord—how much more do human hearts!
Proverbs 15:11
Don't Be A Murmurer (1)
Today’s Scriptures
And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
1 Corinthians 10:10
Stay Open And Approachable
Today’s Scriptures
Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.”
Luke 8:18
Resolve Conflict Quickly (2)
Today’s Scriptures
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14