His Word for Today

This morning's verses talk about following the Lord receiving the inheritance.  What is He leading us to do today? He gives us the will and desires to do what pleases Him. Abundant life is for today and not for tomorrow to experience. Because each day counts, He gives us this day, today our daily bread. (Ref John 10:10, Matthew 6:11) We may have fear about tomorrow onwards but He is our inheritance.  Today, let us listen to the inner prompting that leads us to do what pleases

This morning's verses talk about giving Him the first portion. What does giving Him the first portion mean? He takes our first place in our lives. When we seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, all of life's necessities in His eyes are met abundantly. When we seek Him first, His material, financial blessings follow. (Ref Matthew 6:33) Today, let us ask ourselves, to what we have given our first place. Let us seek first His Kingdom. May the Lord continue to richly bless

This morning's devotional talks about God's inheritance.  The Scripture teaches that all He has is ours. (Ref  Luke 15:31) What an amazing promise. Even if we have lost everything, we still have the Lord Who provides everything we need to live a Godly life. (Ref 2 Peter 1:3) One of the great benefits to this promise is that we are able to take risks emotionally moving forward, afraid in faith. Is there anything that has kept us from moving forward because of fear? He has alre

This morning's verses talk about staying in leadership.  How do we stay in leadership for a long time? By following the Word of the Lord. We may have been removed from the position of leadership for various reasons but it is important to ask ourselves if we have been making the choices intentionally to follow the Lord. If we have, we can thank the Lord that He closed the door to open a new door of opportunity.  Today, whether we are in a position of leadership at home, school

This morning’s verses talk about not looking back fulfilling the God given destiny. Do we look back at the past with regrets? There is nothing we can do about the past. We can only choose to go as far as we can following the guidance of the Lord. (Ref Philippians 1:6) We may feel like we are no longer young with only a few years to go in our lives. We may be under pressure to go as far as we can. But behold - even Jesus with only three years of ministry on this earth, did not

This morning’s devotional talks about listening carefully to instructions of others. Today’s verses list presumption and insolence side by side, which means that they have similar meanings. Being presumptuous denotes an arrogant attitude. In other words, listening by asking questions is the right and humble way to make sure we understand the speaker correctly so that we can serve them accordingly. (Ref James 1:19) Today, let us assess if we have been presumptuous in any areas

This morning’s devotional talks about the Lord commanding us to remove all evil from our lives.  We may misunderstand what is Godly from ungodly because of our lack of knowledge of what is Godly. We can see the Godly, perfect life lived through Jesus on this earth. (Ref John 14:9) He didn’t let emotional discomfort from living out the purpose He had on this earth - to die for the sins of humanity (Ref Hebrew 12:1-2) so that by grace and through faith, humanity can receive ete

This morning's verses continue to talk about pleasing God. What is He speaking to us to do today? There are a lot of noises in this world but we hear His voice and follow Him. (Ref John 10:27) We can trust in this promise that we hear Him. The Scriptures also teach us that we have the mind of Christ, (Ref 1 Corinthians 2:16) and know all things. (Ref 1 John 2:20) We may not feel comfortable about what He is speaking to us to do but the Spirit of Jesus who went through uncomfo

This morning's verses talk about pleasing God. Is our heart pleasing to the Lord? Or are we trying to please men? Sometimes we may feel lonely because of the absence of acceptance and approval we desire from others. However, the Lord never forsake us. (Ref Hebrew 13:5) He is in us. (Ref Galatians 2:20) We can choose to stay focused on pleasing the Lord rather than men. And the truth sets us free. (Ref John 8:32) What can be better than staying focused on the Lord? Today, more

This morning's verses talk about fairness. Are we fair in our dealing with matters, people? The Lord is teaching us not to take sides when dealing with matters. One of the Wisdoms the Lord teaches in the Scriptures is to listen to both sides of the story before making a judgement. (Ref Proverbs 18:17) Listening quickly is the key before passing judgement with anger. (Ref James 1:19) We may be making presumptions that are false. If we are afraid of asking questions in order to

This morning's verses talk about giving to the Lord in accordance with the blessings we have received.  This means that we need to know how blessed we are. Have we intentionally thought about the things He has blessed us with beginning with salvation through our faith in Christ? We may be struggling to get to the next level in our finances, career, calling etc.. but have we chosen to be grateful for the doors that are now open because of Him? Today, let us spend time thinking

This morning's verses talk about the Lord blessing all the works of our hands, in the produce so that we can fully rejoice. What has He led us to do today? We can be assured that He will bless whatever we do today. He will also lead us to abundantly enjoy whatever He has given us through what He blessed us in doing. We are blessed in full capacity. Today, let us focus on doing what He is leading us to do. We can entrust the blessing portion onto the Lord because He blesses al

This morning's verses talk about being grateful to the Lord. How far has He led us from the days when we were sinners? We are now not only the righteousness of God in Christ (Ref 2 Corinthians 5:21) but have also borne fruits because of His faithfulness. (Ref John 15:5) We have been led by the Lord to make the Godly choices that also led to bearing Godly fruits. It is the day to think about the good things He has done through us.  Today, let us think about areas we can be gra

This morning's verses talk about the breakthrough that suddenly comes.  Israelis had to leave Egypt suddenly (Exodus 12:31, Exodus 12:39), which means that the door for freedom arrived out of the blue. Our breakthroughs to new levels in our lives may come suddenly. If the breakthroughs to new levels of responsibilities, opportunities are to come suddenly, what should we do now? We can be prepared with hope and expectation that the sudden breakthroughs shall come.  Today, let

This morning's verses talk about the first born. What do we do with our first born, the first fruit? The Lord is interested in our hearts. How do we reveal what is in our hearts? Through giving to Him our first fruit, our increase. The Bible promises that He will then give us abundantly. (Ref Proverbs 3:9) It is important that we trust Him with our resources surrendering to Him. This may be the opportunity for our financial breakthrough. Today, let us seek His guidance regard

This morning's verses talk about giving without expecting anything in return. We may be tested to be generous to those who may not have anything to thank us back in return. (Ref Matthew 25:35-40, Luke 6:35) But this is God's teaching which means that this is for our good. We need to remind ourselves that the more we have, the more responsibility we will have. His will is for us to have light burdens. (Ref Matthew 11:28-30) We can not only unload the responsibilities of managi

This morning's verses talk about comforting others the way we were comforted.  We may be faced in an uncomfortable situation in relationships having to deal with rude and offensive personalities. But how have we been offensive and rude towards the Lord Who has forgiven us of all of our sins past, present and future? (Ref 1 Peter 3:18) When we read through the Law in the Old Testament, the Scripture teaches us that the Law was given so that we may know how sinful we are. (Ref

This morning's verses talk about generosity. Our generous attitude produces blessings and prosperities in all we do.  As we release our finances onto the Lord Who will then direct us to release them to those in need, we feel lighter because we are not holding onto things, (Ref Matthew 11:28-30), experience joy because it is more blessed to give than to receive. (Ref Acts 20:35) And as our soul prospers, everything else also prospers. (Ref 3 John 1:2) Today, let us seek His gu

This morning's verses talk about His plan for us to be blessed. It is His will that we are debt free, have abundance in finances, and be the head and not the tail. Where are we now in these areas? He teaches that it is through being obedient to the Lord that we can experience these blessings. In the days we live in after Christ died on the cross for us, He lives in us so all of these blessings are already ours. (Ref Galatians 2:20, Galatians 3:29) But we can see these blessin

This morning’s verses talk about financial giving and the blessings that are connected.  To whom are our finances, resources belong to? Our God is the owner of our resources and we are His managers entrusted to steward to His ways. If we are His servant, it is obvious that whatever we do shall be blessed too. If we want to live out the abundant life Christ died to give us, (Ref John 10:10) we need to deal with the money matters first.  Today, let us ask ourselves if we have r