   Some of the world's greatest achievers went through life with physical disabilities and overcame incredible adversities. Sir Walter Scott was disabled. John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress, was imprisoned. George Washington, America's first president, almost died in the snows of Valley Forge. Abraham Lincoln played a critical part in ending slavery in America, yet he was raised in abject poverty and died prematurely from an assassin's bullet. British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was subject to bitter religious prejudice. Franklin D. Roosevelt was struck down with infantile paralysis. Ludwig van Beethoven became deaf. Glen Cunningham, an Olympic runner, had his legs badly burned in a school fire. Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, Marian Anderson and George Washington Carver were born into racial discrimination. Enrico Caruso was from a poor Italian family where only a few children survived past infancy. Itzhak Perlman, concert violinist, lost the function of his legs at age four.

   In his family's eyes, David wasn't considered worthy to be Israel's next king. Moralists and legalists would have disqualified him because of his affair with Bathsheba. Yet God referred to him as 'a man after my own heart' (Acts 13:22 NIV). And David said: 'My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion...I have put my trust in the Lord God' (Psalm 73:26, 28 NKJV). 

   The word for today is: with God's help, you will succeed.





— SCRIPTURE —

    'He is the strength of my heart; he is mine forever!' Psalm 73:26 TLB
— SOULFOOD —

    1 Sam 24-26, Matt 24:1-14, Ps 102:1-11, Pro 17:4-6
    

Some of the world's greatest achievers went through life with physical disabilities and overcame incredible adversities. Sir Walter Scott was disabled. John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress, was imprisoned. George Washington, America's first president, almost died in the snows of Valley Forge. Abraham Lincoln played a critical part in ending slavery in America, yet he was raised in abject poverty and died prematurely from an assassin's bullet. British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was subject to bitter religious prejudice. Franklin D. Roosevelt was struck down with infantile paralysis. Ludwig van Beethoven became deaf. Glen Cunningham, an Olympic runner, had his legs badly burned in a school fire. Booker T. Washington, Harriet Tubman, Marian Anderson and George Washington Carver were born into racial discrimination. Enrico Caruso was from a poor Italian family where only a few children survived past infancy. Itzhak Perlman, concert violinist, lost the function of his legs at age four. In his family's eyes, David wasn't considered worthy to be Israel's next king. Moralists and legalists would have disqualified him because of his affair with Bathsheba. Yet God referred to him as 'a man after my own heart' (Acts 13:22 NIV). And David said: 'My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion...I have put my trust in the Lord God' (Psalm 73:26, 28 NKJV). The word for today is: with God's help, you will succeed.
 
 — SCRIPTURE — 
 'He is the strength of my heart; he is mine forever!' Psalm 73:26 TLB 
 — SOULFOOD — 
 1 Sam 24-26, Matt 24:1-14, Ps 102:1-11, Pro 17:4-6

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’

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&rsquo;s devotion appeared to be &lsquo;written just for me&rsquo;