Category: Word For Today

What Is the Cost of Your Sacrifice?

Woke up this early Spring morning, thinking about sacrifice. By definition, sacrifice costs. Cost means suffering, a little or a lot. Suffering often comes with pain. It leaves wounds and scars us. Because sacrifice is costly, painful, and wounding, we…

The Word for Today Is #Authority

Girl with shawl over her shoulders.

God creates every human being, but being created by God doesn’t automatically make everyone His child. God’s children have a trusting relationship with their Father. They believe in HIm. They receive and welcome His love and forgiveness, and they rely…

The Word for Today Is #Faith

Sun shining above the clouds

Faith is knowing something even though all your senses and reason tell you that what you know is impossible. We can have faith because with God all things are possible. The word for today is ‪#‎faith‬: Now faith is the…

The Word for Today Is #Listen

Man listening to a sound

When I was studying for my MBA, I read an article that said presenters have to say something seven times before their audience hears them. What they really meant is that you have to say something (presumably to a prospective client) seven…

The Word for Today Is #Vain

Your eyes are the windows to your soul. It is a primary filter for your ability to identify beauty. Our eyes also help us to discern safely vs. danger, and love vs. hate. The trouble comes when we rely too…

The Word for Today Is #Fault

Friendships are fragile, because people have flaws. One of the biggest mistakes people make when they have a problem with a friend or relative, is that they go and discuss it with other people. Unfortunately, the other people you talk…

The Word for Today Is #Condemnation

In any situation, condemnation means “no escape”: It is the rap you’ll never beat without a pardon. For Christians, the pardon comes with faith in Jesus, Who is the only One to escape death, never to die again. Because He…

The Word for Today Is #Intercede

When I practiced medicine, I had a saying: “The only good lawyer is My lawyer.” In the court of Heaven, Jesus is the only Lawyer Who can get you off that sentence of eternal damnation. He intercedes for all those…