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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

“Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings…” -Proverbs 22:29, NIV

TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria

Too often, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut, doing the same thing the same way over and over every day. But if we are going to live at our absolute best, we should constantly be growing and sharpening our skills. We should strive to learn and grow every single day because when you stop learning, you stop growing. When you stop growing, you stop living.

What are you doing to stretch yourself? What are you doing to improve your skills? Don’t get trapped into thinking that “good enough” is good enough. You are created for more than just average. Today is a new day, and there are new

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

“Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” -Matthew 6:10, NIV

TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria

God longs to give you a glimpse of heaven while you are here on earth. He wants to show you His wonderful plan and bring it to pass in your life. Have you ever thought about how God’s will is accomplished in heaven? In heaven, God’s will is automatic. There are no opposing forces of darkness or anything that can come against His will.

On earth, His will is activated in our lives first when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior; and then we must choose to come into agreement with His will on a daily basis in our thoughts, our words, and our actions. On earth, we

by Bo Sanchez

One day in America, two people were arguing in church.

They were debating if Jesus was white or black.

“He’s white!” said one. “No, He’s black!” said the other guy. Even as they walked out of the church, they kept arguing.

          Not looking where they were going, both fell into an open ditch and died on the spot. And both found themselves in the gates of heaven.

They saw Jesus walk to them and they were so happy. Both of them asked, “Jesus, can you help us answer one question? Are you black or white?”

          Jesus smiled and said, Magandang Umaga.

          In our current series entitled OMG!, we’re describing who God is. We didn’t describe God as black, white, or Filipino. Two weeks ago, I said He was Father. Last week, I said He was Leader. Today, I’ll tell you that God is Provider too.

          The Bible says

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in Your bottle. You have recorded each one in Your book” -Psalm 56:8, NLT

TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria

Do you know how important you are to God? He cares so much about every detail of your life. He cares about your thoughts, feelings, and emotions. In fact, what you are going through is so important to Him that He records every sorrow and collects every tear you’ve shed. Why would God record your sorrows and collect your tears?

It’s because He loves you so much. He is your Vindicator. He’s keeping account of every wrong that’s ever been done to you so that He can make up for every single one of them. He wants to restore everything that has ever been stolen. He wants to heal every single hurt and pain. He sees the

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time…though it tarry, wait for it.” -Habakkuk 2:3 KJV)
 

TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria

God has an appointed time to fulfill the visions, dreams, and desires in your heart. Just because it has taken a long time or because you’ve tried and failed, doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen. Don’t give up on those dreams!

Don’t be complacent about pursuing what God has placed in your heart. Our God is a faithful God. No matter how long it’s been, no matter how impossible things looks, if you’ll stay in faith, your appointed time is coming.

Remember, every dream that’s in your heart, every promise that has taken root, God put it in there. And not only that, but He has every

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

“Return to your fortress, o prisoners of hope, even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.” (Zechariah 9:12, NIV)


TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria

God wants to bring to pass everything that He’s promised to you! He longs to give you the deepest desires of your heart. He wants to restore to you twice as much as what’s been stolen from you! But you have to do your part and stay filled with hope.

That means that no matter how long you’ve been in that negative situation, no matter how many setbacks you’ve suffered; you’ve got to get up each day with the attitude that this could be the day God turns it all around!

The Bible says that the Name of the Lord is a strong tower.

by Bo Sanchez

   One day, a huge crowd was in front of Heaven, waiting to get in.

          To put more order, Jesus announced, “I’ll see the men first.” He then said, “All husbands who are the leader at home, form a line on my right. All husbands whose wives are the leader at home, form a line on my left.”

          Immediately, thousands of men lined up on His left.

And only one brave guy stood at the right.

          Jesus shook his head. He scolded the husbands at the left, “I’m a little bit disappointed with you. I specifically told you in the Bible that the husband should be the leader at home!” He then looked at the one man on his right and smiled. “Congratulations!”

          The man said, “Thank you, Jesus. But I really don’t know why I’m here. My wife told me to stand here, so I did.”

          Today, leadership

by Victoria Osteen

If you’re like me, when you wake up in the morning, you start thinking about your day—where you’ll be going, who you’ll be seeing, and what the weather will be like. Then you go to your closet and choose something to wear that will work for all those different scenarios.

But there’s one thing that the Bible tells us we need to “put on” if we are going to be fully equipped for everything we will face each day—and that is love.

Love is a one-size-fits-all solution to every situation you will ever encounter with your family, friends, coworkers, and even the grocery clerk. When you’re wearing love, you are setting yourself up for success because the Bible tells us that love never fails.

And love never goes out of style either. It never gives up, wears

by Bo Sanchez

“Bo, can I be honest with you?”

“Sure,” I answered Mandy (not his real name), a dear friend of many years.

“Please don’t be offended. But I feel you’ve lost your focus on the Lord.”

I knew it took a lot for him to say that to me. I felt his discomfort. I was also disturbed by what he said, coming from someone I trusted. Mandy is a lay missionary who has been serving God for the longest time I can remember. He was the leader of a network of prayer groups.

“I welcome your input. Please go on,” I said.

“I’ve been reading some of your articles and I feel uncomfortable about your topics on finances. I just feel you lack trust in God now. You depend on your businesses more than on the Lord.” (This conversation took place five years ago, when I began writing about money.)

“What makes you say

by Bo Sanchez

A college student in Manila called up his Mom in the province.

“Mom, I need money,” he asked. “Can you send money over please?”

“Sure,” the mother said. “By the way, there’s a Math textbook you left here at home. I’ll send it over with the money.”

“Uh, oh yeah, Ok,” her son answered.

His mother sent the money and the book.

Later that day, the father asked his wife, “How much money did you send?”

She said, “I sent two checks. One was a P1000 check and the other was a P100,000 check.”

“What?” cried the father in shock. “That’s huge!”

His wife smiled. “That’s okay Honey. I taped the P1000 check on the cover of his Math textbook. I then inserted the P100,000 check somewhere in chapter 25 of his Math textbook. Believe me, he won’t find it.”

Your relationship with God is like a Math textbook. Because I believe the biggest blessings of God