The Word For You Today

One day, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes lost his train ticket. As he searched for it, obviously irritated, the conductor said, “It’s okay, Your Honour; just mail it in. We all know you and trust you.” Holmes replied, “I’m not concerned about finding my Read More + Listen to Audio Clip

A child without values is at the mercy of everyone else’s values. Paul wrote, “We are co-workers in God’s service…no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ” (vv. 9, 11 NIV). When the adult role models in Read More + Listen to Audio Clip

Some people stay in hopeless situations their whole lives without ever making a decision to seek God’s power to get through them. Being “longsuffering” doesn’t mean living in misery any longer than necessary. Paul says, “Be not conformed to this world: but be…transformed by…renewing…your mind Read More + Listen to Audio Clip

In the book of 1 Chronicles, the Bible tells us about a man named Jabez. The first nine chapters consist of genealogies, listing more than six hundred names. And right there in the middle of all those names, God singles out one man for special Read More + Listen to Audio Clip

Jabez prayed that God would bless him in three specific ways: (1) “Enlarge my territory.” He had a dream of owning more land, and he asked God to bless that dream. When you stop dreaming, you lose direction. When you stop setting goals, you stop Read More + Listen to Audio Clip