The Word For Today
The Word For Today
The Word For Today is a daily devotional by authors Bob and Debby Gass. Every day, tens of thousands of people across New Zealand are encouraged and uplifted by its relevant insights. The daily readings resonate with people as they often speak into their current circumstances. Often readers express wonder at how a particular day’s devotion appeared to be ‘written just for me’Follow the podcast:
The third Beatitude
To be 'meek' does not mean to be a doormat or to be indecisive, timid, fearful or spineless. It does not mean to act like a loser or a cowardly wimp. Meekness is 'power under control'. The Bible says Moses was the meekest man on the face of the earth in his day (see Numbers 12:3). Yet he was wil…
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The second Beatitude
'Blessed are those who mourn' (Matthew 5:4 NKJV). Jesus was not necessarily speaking about mourning the loss of a loved one, but that those who mourn over their sins will receive God's comfort. When we weep over our sins and the trouble they've brought to ourselves and to others, we put ourselve…
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The first Beatitude
What does it mean to be 'poor in spirit'? This phrase has nothing to do with finances or status. It means that we become conscious of our own spiritual emptiness - that without God, we are nothing, we have nothing, and we can do nothing of consequence or eternal benefit. To be poor in spirit mea…
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Prevailing prayer
In an old book titled Prevailing Prayer, author Eli Wigle described John Wesley's prayer life this way: 'As a matter of habit and rule, John Wesley's ordinary private praying consumed two hours a day. At times he would gather his company and pray all night, or till the power of God came down. No…
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Agent of grace
The Scarlet Letter is the story of a woman found in adultery and required to wear a scarlet 'A' on her dress as a symbol of shame. We can do the same thing, can't we? We label people based on a mistake. Sadly, it's just as true in some churches as it is in the culture. This is not how God sees u…
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What God's called you to do
God told Adam, 'Be fruitful and multiply' (Genesis 1:28 NLT). In other words: 'Fulfil the purpose for which I made you by giving yourself fully to it.' Ever observed a great golfer? His level of concentration, the fluid grace as he arcs the club into the ball and sends it sailing onto the green?…
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A prayer for your life
A prayer for you, for God-confidence in all you do: 'Father, I come boldly before your throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace for deliverance from emotional insecurity (see Hebrews 4:16). Your word says you make all your grace abound towards me so that I have all sufficiency in all t…
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God with you
One morning in a city called Dothan, a servant of the prophet Elisha awoke and was terrified because an enemy army surrounded him and his boss. 'What shall we do?' he cried. Elisha answered: 'Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.' Then Elisha prayed for hi…
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Agent of reconciliation
Paul wrote: "If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins aga…
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'Keep calm and carry on'
During World War II, the British Department of Information designed three 'home publicity' posters. The first said, 'Your courage, your cheerfulness, your resolution will bring us victory.' The second said, 'Freedom is in peril.' The third and most famous said, 'Keep calm and carry on.' The depa…
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