The Word For You Today
The Bible Helps Us to Overcome Temptation (5)
Today’s Scriptures
How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
By living according to your word.Psalm 119:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2
not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:25
The Bible Helps Us to Overcome Temptation (4)
Today’s Scriptures
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16
The Bible Helps Us to Overcome Temptation (3)
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No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
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.Proverbs 3:5–6
The Bible Helps Us to Overcome Temptation (1)
Today’s Scriptures
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
Rest and Relaxation Are Essential
Today’s Scriptures
“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:27–30
Don’t “Assume” Your Children Are Okay
Today’s Scriptures
After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.
Luke 2:43–44
Your Encouragement—It Can Make The Difference
Today’s Scriptures
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
The Importance of Good Thinking (2)
Today’s Scriptures
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Joshua 1:8
The Importance of Good Thinking (1)
Today’s Scriptures
Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;
for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.Proverbs 23:6–7
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written:
“They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor; their righteousness endures forever.”
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
2 Corinthians 9:8–11
Help for Your Marriage
Today’s Scriptures
Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 9:9–10
The Word at Work
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The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
Jeremiah 1:12
Overcoming Loneliness
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Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
John 13:34
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:7
The Challenge of Developing Leaders (3)
Today’s Scriptures
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.
2 Timothy 2:2
The Challenge of Developing Leaders (2)
Today’s Scriptures
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
1 Corinthians 9:26–27
You Need to Exercise
Today’s Scriptures
Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:26–27
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
1 Timothy 4:8
Just for Today
Today’s Scriptures
The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.
Psalm 118:24
Called To Overcome (3)
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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Called To Overcome (2)
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In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
1 John 5:3–4
“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God, and they will be my people.Jeremiah 31:33
Citizens and Pilgrims
Today’s Scriptures
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
Hebrews 11:13–16
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Colossians 3:2