God’s Word For Today

Text: Psalm 115:1-18 ESV 1 Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! 2 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” 3 Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 5 They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. 6 They have ears, but do...

God’s Word for Today 14 Mar 2024 When Israel went out from Egypt,     the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah became his sanctuary,     Israel his dominion. 3 The sea looked and fled;     Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams,     the hills like lambs. 5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee?     O Jordan, that you turn back? 6 O mountains, that you skip like ra...

God’s Word for Today 13 Mar 2024 Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD,     praise the name of the LORD! 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD     from this time forth and forevermore! 3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,     the name of the LORD is to be praised! 4 The LORD is high above all nations,     and his glory above the heavens! 5 Who is like the LORD our God,     who is sea...

Text: Psalm 112:1-10 (ESV)   1 Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments! 2 His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. 4 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous. 5 It is well wi...

Text: Psalm 111:1-10 (ESV)   1 Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation. 2 Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. 3 Full of splendor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. 4 He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and merciful. 5 He p...

Text: Psalm 110:1-7 ESV 1 The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies! 3 Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours. 4 The LORD has sworn and will not chang...

Text: Psalm 109:1-31 ESV 1 Be not silent, O God of my praise! 2 For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. 3 They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. 5 So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. -Psa 109:1-31 ESV I GIVE MYSELF TO PRAYER Dav...

God’s Word for Today 7 Mar 2024 -Psa 108:1-13 ESV MY HEART IS STEADFAST, O GOD! This Psalm is a repeat of two previous Psalms. Verses 1-5, are the same with the Psalms 57:7-11 while verses 6-13  are the same with the Psalms 60:5-12.  There are only few variations  Either these two Psalms referred unto were made by David, and were applicable to the then state of his affairs. Or,  the captives in Ba...

God’s Word for Today 6 Mar 2024 -Psa 107:1-43 ESV LET THEM THANK THE LORD FOR HIS STEADFAST LOVE Apparently, this psalm seems to refer to the time of the Jews’ return to their homeland after their exile in Babylon. It is a song of thanksgiving to be sung by those who have been saved from some great affliction or danger (v.1-3).  Four separate experiences are mentioned which describes the dangers....

Please read the text: Psalm 106:1-48 (ESV) HE SAVED THEM FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE   Like the previous psalm, this psalm recounts the history of Israel. But whereas Psalms 105 emphasized God’s faithfulness, Psalms 106 emphasizes Israel’s unfaithfulness and the punishments it suffered as a result.   Since God is good, people should praise and obey him. Then they will enjoy, as individuals and as a na...

Text: Psalm 105:1-45 (ESV)   1 Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! 2 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! 3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! 4 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! 5 Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the j...

Text: Psalm 104:24-35 ESV 24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25 Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. 26 There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it. 27 These all look to you, to give them their food in due season. 28 When you give...

Text: Psalm 103:1-22 ESV 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, 3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, 5 who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6 The L...

God’s Word for Today 29 Feb 2024 -Psa 102:1-28 ESV YOU WILL REMAIN Jerusalem is in ruins, God’s people are in captivity, and a weary sufferer pours out his complaint to God (see heading to the psalm; also v. 13-17). The opening part of the prayer describes the psalmist’s afflictions similar to that of many psalms. The writer is ill and dying, partly because he is unable to eat (1-5).  Hear my pray...

God’s Word for Today 28 Feb 2024 I will sing of steadfast love and justice;     to you, O LORD, I will make music. 2 I will ponder the way that is blameless.     Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart     within my house; 3 I will not set before my eyes     anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away;     it shall not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart...

Text: Romans 16:25-27 (ESV)   25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages 26 but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith— 27 to...

Text: Romans 16:17-23 (ESV)   17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 19 For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you,...

Text: Romans 16:5-16 ESV 5 Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia. 6 Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you. 7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me. 8 Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. 9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. 10 Gre...

Text: Romans 16:3-5 ESV 3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well. 5 Greet also the church in their house. -Rom 16:3-5 ESV PRISCILLA AND AQUILA, THE FAITHFUL COUPLE These husband and wife tandem are Paul’s fellow workers in Christ Jesus. From Acts 18:1–3...

God’s Word for Today 22 Feb 2024 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, 2 that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well. -Rom 16:1-2 ESV PHOEBE, A SERVANT  Phoebe is the lady who will deliver Paul's letter to the Christians in Rome. Sh...

God’s Word for Today 21 Feb 2024 30 I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, 31 that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 32 so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. 33...

Text: Romans 15:22-29 (ESV)   22 This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23 But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you, 24 I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25 At present, however, I a...

Text: Romans 15:18-21 (ESV)   18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20 and thus I make it my ambition to...

Text: Romans 15:14-17 ESV 14 I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the...

Text: Romans 15:8-13 ESV 8 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9 and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.” 10 And again it is said, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”...