His Word for Today

This morning’s verses continue to talk about being intentional about obeying the Lord. The Scriptures teach us to love, serve the Lord with all our hearts and all our souls. This may not come naturally after getting out of bed in the morning, when we are offended by others’ rude, disrespectful behaviours, we don’t get our way, doors that we want to see open remain closed etc.. These are areas of opportunity to grow that require our good fight of faith. (See 1 Timothy 6:12) To

This morning’s verses talk about being intentional about obeying the Lord. Have we ever felt like the Word of God is not working, not producing the fruit it promises? One reason could be that we have not fought enough to be intentional (See Colossians 3:23) about trusting, obeying, and serving the Lord to receive the promise. If it is in the area of focus (See Galatians 5:16), we should not only trust in His promise, but also consider whether underlying sin is keeping us from

This morning’s verses talk about the consequences of stubbornness of heart. Our hearts must be receptive and surrendered to His Word to experience His promises. What areas have been stubborn? We must intentionally choose to follow His instructions because if we simply go with the flow of our natural emotions, we will lose focus, stay bitter about the offenses we experience in relationships, about the past, etc. (See Colossians 3:23) Today, let us choose to be intentional abo