Good Words for Today

When people ask about the “secret” of God’s will, I tell them it begins when you say, “Lord, let me take the next step with you today."

Your enemies may have meant it for evil, but God still means it for good. Their malicious hatred cannot overcome God's faithfulness to you.

It's better to be faithful and unpopular than cowardly and loved by all.

Sometimes we think, "I wish so-and-so would hear this sermon." You probably need it more than they do. Take heed to your own soul first.

Lord, thank you for closed doors that kept me from going in the wrong direction. Amen.

"Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to do the dishes." Michael Horton

"His delight is in the law of the Lord" (Psalm 1:3). Your delight determines your direction. Are you eager to hear God's Word today?00

What will happen in 2020? I don't know, but I know the One who does know. If God is not worried about my future, why should I worry about it?

Sometimes we get too mystical about God’s will. If we trust God, he'll lead us. That's simple but not easy. Will you trust God today?

There are three qualifications for those who would serve the Lord: The first is love. The second is love. The third is love. (John 21:15-17)

Here is a prayer God delights to answer:  “Lord Jesus, I come to you as a little child.  Help me to grow in my faith as I walk with you today.”

"For by and by the mist will lift, And plain it all He’ll make, Through all the way, tho’ dark to me, He made not one mistake.“

God’s answer to loneliness is wrapped up in a person—Jesus Christ. He will never leave you or forsake you. Do you know him?

"God walked down the stairs of heaven with a Baby in His arms." Paul Scherer

"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself." Charles Dickens

Joyful, all you nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With the angelic host proclaim, "Christ is born in Bethlehem!"

Lord Jesus, grant that in all my going and coming that I might not be too busy for you. You are welcome in my heart and my home today! Amen.

Christ came for broken people who aren't ashamed to admit it. If that’s you, then good news. Christ came for you!

There is great danger in coming near to Christ but never trusting him. The scribes were six miles from Jesus but never got any closer.

How far is God willing to go? He will leave heaven to meet you where you are. That’s what Jesus did 2000 years ago.

The coming of Christ means the end of all human boasting. The mighty are brought down by a baby in a manger.

Lord Jesus, grant me eyes of faith to see you as you are, King in a cradle and Lord of the universe. Amen.

The world had no room for Jesus 2000 years ago, but he came anyway. He still comes to every heart that makes room for him.

“Jesus Christ ... the ruler of the kings of the earth” (Revelation 1:5). Put your hands in his hands because those hands rule the universe.

His kingdom will never end. Why would you follow anyone else?

"Faith is not believing in spite of evidence but obeying in spite of consequence." Warren Wiersbe

Christians pray in Jesus’ name because there is no power in any other name to answer our prayers.

Take a breath and give thanks. Without Jesus you wouldn’t breathe at all.

Do not despair if the world seems to grow darker every day for the darker the night, the brighter the light shines.

We all need to be born again. Jesus said we must be born again. Without it, none of us will ever see the kingdom of God.

Many people think that the more they talk, the more they have communicated. Usually the opposite is true.

We run from God rather than to him because we know our own hearts all too well and his barely at all.

"The saints live by his saving mercy, are preserved by his upholding mercy, & enter heaven through his everlasting mercy." Charles Spurgeon

You are here because God wanted you here. It doesn’t matter if you were a surprise to your parents. You weren’t a surprise to God.

When Jesus saves, he saves completely. When he forgives, he forgives all my sins. When he sets free, we are free forever.

Almighty God, increase my faith so that I might believe without wavering that you are greater than all my problems. Amen.

Only God knows what he can do through us. All he asks is that we surrender what we have to him and then watch what he can do with it.

In the end 99% of life turns out to be humdrum. Yet out of the humdrum God is weaving a beautiful unseen pattern.

God’s mercy is not like the weather. It does not change with the seasons.

The whole Christian life in 11 words: What God demands, he provides. What we receive, we give away.