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27/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Thursday 27 August

‘Whatever things are…praiseworthy – meditate on these things.’ Philippians 4:8 NKJV

THINK GOOD THOUGHTS

Recent research suggests that we have at least 6,000 thoughts a day. So let’s use 6,000 as a happy medium. And let’s observe four important things about our thoughts: 1) Psychologists say that 98 to 99 per cent of our thoughts are habitual. In other words, they are basically the same thoughts we had yesterday, and the day before yesterday, and the day before that. Your mind must be renewed day by day (see Romans 12:2). You can’t keep thinking the same things and expect a different outcome or a different outlook. What’s the answer? Take on a learning mindset! ‘In all your getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you’ (Proverbs 4:7-8 NKJV). 2) Only 12 per cent of our thoughts are focused on the future. But faith, by definition, is future oriented. ‘Faith shows the reality of what we hope for’ (Hebrews 11:1 NLT). 3) A Harvard University study found that the average person spends 46.9 per cent of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they are presently doing. And psychologists say, ‘A wandering mind is an unhappy mind.’ Of course, the most obvious culprits are the digital devices that keep us disengaged. Nothing dumbs down our ability to dream like our so-called smartphones! 4) The Cleveland Clinic estimates that 80 per cent of our thoughts are negative. That’s 4,800 negative thoughts per day! And when we verbalise those thoughts, it compounds the problem. What’s the answer? ‘Whatever things are…noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy – meditate on these things’ (NKJV).

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26/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Wednesday 26 August

‘Bringing every thought into captivity.’ 2 Corinthians 10:5 NKJV

‘GRAB IT, AND THROW IT IN THE TRASH ’

Author Max Lucado wrote: ‘Some time back, a mother asked me to pray for her eight-year-old son. He was troubled by a constant barrage of images and scary visions that left him withdrawn and timid. They even took his sleep at night. On the day we met, his eyes filled with tears, and he clung to his mother. She had taken him to doctors, but nothing had helped. I told him that the devil had no authority over his life. That the real battles are fought in the mind. That God will help us take every thought captive. I urged him to memorise a Bible verse and quote it each time the fearful thoughts came to his mind. “Reach up with your hand,” I urged, “and grab the thought and throw it in the trash. And as quickly as you do that, replace it with a verse of Scripture.” We then anointed him with oil and prayed for him. Five days later, his mother reported great progress. “Since last week, the images are gone; he is no longer seeing them. He recites this Scripture from Psalm 25:5 NKJV nightly: ‘Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation.’ I believe this has brought him closer to Christ.” He uses the strategy of throwing the fearful thoughts away in the trash can. He said when he tried to throw them away, his head would hurt. I asked, “What made them go away?” He smiled and said, “I know God made them go away.”’ So the word for today is – ‘Grab it, and throw it in the trash.’

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25/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Tuesday 25 August

‘Pray for one another, that you may be healed.’ James 5:16 NKJV

PRAYER MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

Christian cardiologist Dr Randolph Byrd had a great interest in knowing if prayer had a ‘scientifically measurable’ impact on healing. He has said, ‘After much prayer, the idea of what to do came to me.’ Over a ten-month period, a computer assigned 393 patients in the coronary care unit at San Francisco General Hospital to one of two groups. The first group was prayed for by home prayer groups. The second group was not remembered in prayer. The home prayer groups were from various Christian denominations. They were given only the first names of the patients and brief descriptions of their diagnoses and conditions. They were prayed for each day. The prayed-for patients differed from those not prayed for in these ways: 1) They were five times less likely to need antibiotics. 2) They were three times less likely to develop fluid in the lungs. 3) None required an artificial airway attached to a ventilator. 4) Fewer died. If the technique being studied had been a new drug or procedure, it would have been heralded as a breakthrough. Even Dr William Nolan, the author of a book denouncing faith healing, said, ‘It sounds like this study will stand up to scrutiny…Maybe we doctors ought to be writing on our order sheets, “Pray three times a day.”’ In the Old Testament, we read: ‘“For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds,” says the Lord’ (Jeremiah 30:17 NKJV). In the New Testament, James wrote: ‘The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up…Pray for one another, that you may be healed’ (James 5:15-16 NKJV).

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24/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Monday 24 August

‘Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?’ Amos 3:3 NKJV

SET FINANCIAL BOUNDARIES

It’s no secret that today, the majority of marriages fail because of financial issues. Other relationships can also be threatened when we fail to repay a personal loan or meet our financial expectations. The following three strategies will go a long way in mitigating these pitfalls: 1) Discuss with your spouse the maximum amount each of you may spend without getting the other’s permission. Any amount above this limit will be considered ‘major’ and will require complete agreement. Every couple defines a ‘major’ purchase differently, depending on their household income, so stick to what has been agreed on. This is important. If you do not agree on a transaction, when the deal goes bad, the tendency is to point fingers. 2) Advise your family that personal loans are against your ‘house policy’. Should you decide to make an exception to the policy, make sure your spouse is in complete agreement. If you are wise, you will put the terms and the due dates in writing. 3) Don’t enable your child, spouse, or anyone else to remain irresponsible by bailing him or her out or always being their safety net. Just say no. By not saying no, you interrupt one of God’s most effective principles – sowing and reaping the consequences of individual behaviour. Real maturity occurs when this lesson is learned. Love must be tough! If you are an enabler, ask God right now to give you the strength to stop being so. For example, insist on that rent payment from your still stay-at-home adult child who is able to contribute to household funds. This demonstrates character-building love, which is genuine love. If you need to set financial boundaries, do it!

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24/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Sunday 23 August

‘Go…teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.’ Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV

HISTORY IS HIS STORY

The words Jesus spoke changed the world forever. These were the last instructions to His disciples: ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations…teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you’ (vv. 18-20 NKJV). Jesus’ followers took this seriously: ‘Daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ’ (Acts 5:42 NKJV). They remembered that they followed a man who taught everyone, and who commanded them to teach all peoples. So they did. They began to teach both men and women, both slaves and free. Some of the world’s greatest teaching institutions were founded by followers of Christ. Oxford and Cambridge universities began in the thirteenth century. (The motto of Oxford University is from Psalm 27:1: ‘The Lord is my light.’) George Marsden noted: ‘One of the remarkable facts about American history is that within six years of landing in Massachusetts wilderness, Puritans established what would soon become a reputable college.’ These words are from a student handbook: ‘Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life (John 17:3), and therefore to lay Christ…as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning.’ That was Harvard University! And 92 per cent of the first 138 colleges and universities founded in America were begun by followers of Christ. His words not only inform us; they also transform us.

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22/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Saturday 22 August

‘Only the Lord gives wisdom.’ Proverbs 2:6 NCV

PRAY FOR WISDOM

Here’s Paul’s prayer for the Ephesian church: ‘That…God…may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation’ (Ephesians 1:17 NKJV). For the Colossian church, he asked that God would fill them with ‘the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding’ (Colossians 1:9 NKJV). James wrote: ‘If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God…and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting’ (James 1:5-6 NKJV). Godly wisdom also comes to us by Bible reading. This is why Paul, in his last letter before being beheaded for the gospel, wrote to his successor Timothy and said, ‘From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation’ (2 Timothy 3:15 NKJV). How would you know that the wisdom you’re walking in comes from God? ‘God’s wisdom begins with a holy life…characterised by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced’ (James 3:17 MSG). As young Solomon took the throne of Israel God asked him, ‘What shall I give you?’ (1 Kings 3:5 NKJV). Solomon answered: ‘“Give to Your servant an understanding heart.”…The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing’ (1 Kings 3:9-10 NKJV). As a result, Solomon became known as one of the wisest men who ever lived, and he wrote three of the books of the Bible. And the God who gave him wisdom will give it to you too. All you have to do is pray for it and open your heart and mind to His Word.

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21/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Friday 21 August

‘This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.’ Psalm 118:24 NKJV

THE GREATEST MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE IS NOW

The greatest moment in your life is now. Not because it’s pleasant or happy or easy, but because it’s the only moment you’ve got. Every past moment is irretrievably gone. It’s never coming back. If you live there, you lose your life. And the future is always out there somewhere. You can spend an eternity waiting for tomorrow or worrying about tomorrow. If you live there, you likewise will lose your life. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you. Most of all, this is the moment that matters because this is the moment where God is. If you are going to be with God at all, you must be with Him now – in this moment. That is why the psalmist says: ‘This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.’ That is why the prophet Jeremiah said God’s mercies never fail because ‘they are new every morning’ (Lamentations 3:23 NKJV). That is why the apostle Paul said, ‘Be careful how you live…Make the most of every opportunity…Understand what the Lord wants you to do’ (Ephesians 5:15-17 NLT). Frederick Buechner wrote, ‘Morning, afternoon, evening – the hours of the day, of any day, of your day and my day. The alphabet of grace. If there is a God who speaks anywhere, surely he speaks here: through waking up and working, through going away and coming back again, through people you meet and books you read, through falling asleep in the dark.’ All of this means one thing – the greatest moment in your life is now.

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20/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Thursday 20 August

‘“Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”’ Isaiah 6:8 NKJV

YOUR REACTION TIME MATTERS

Do you remember the ten spies who doubted God’s ability to deliver on His promise and dissuaded the Israelites from entering the Promised Land? Their doubt was so offensive to God – He had already revealed His power to them through the exodus from Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea – that God executed judgment on the spot. The very next day, the Israelites did an about-face. They changed their minds, but it was too little, too late. One day’s delay cost them forty years! They missed out on the Promised Land because their reaction time was too slow. Now that doesn’t mean you should live in fear of missing out. After all, God is the God of second chances (see Jonah 3:1). But please understand this: inaction is an action, and indecision is a decision. When you’re dealing with God, your response time is all important. Paul’s ministry began when he had a life-changing encounter with Christ on the Damascus road. Immediately he fell to his knees and cried: ‘Lord, what do You want me to do?’ (Acts 9:6 NKJV). In the book of Isaiah, when heaven opened and God said, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?’ immediately the prophet Isaiah said, ‘“Here am I! Send me.” And He said, “Go, and tell this people”’ (Isaiah 6:8-9 NKJV). You don’t want to get ahead of God, and you don’t want to lag behind Him. What you want to do is seize the opportunities He gives you as quickly, as decisively, and as boldly as you possibly can. Your reaction time matters.

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19/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Wednesday 19 August

‘The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God.’ 2 Corinthians 10:4 NKJV

YOU CAN CONQUER YOUR HANG-UPS

Today’s problem is not necessarily tomorrow’s problem. Don’t incarcerate yourself by assuming it is. Resist self-labelling: ‘I’m just a worrier.’ ‘Gossip is my weakness.’ ‘My dad was a drinker; I guess I’ll carry on the tradition.’ Stop that! These words create alliances with the devil. They grant him access to your spirit. It’s not God’s will that you live a defeated, unhappy life. Turn a deaf ear to the old voices and make new choices. ‘The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good inheritance’ (Psalm 16:6 NKJV). Live out of your inheritance, not your circumstances. God has already promised you victory and provided you with weapons for the fight. ‘Though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds’ (2 Corinthians 10:3-4 NKJV). How did Joshua conquer Jericho? By using God’s strategy: ‘Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord’ (Joshua 6:6 NKJV). The ark of the covenant was the symbol of God’s presence. Joshua placed it in the middle of the procession. Every activity orbited around God. The secret of victory is to keep God centre stage in your life, using the weapons of worship, Scripture, and prayer. Employ every tool God offers: Scripture memorisation and petition. Turn off the TV and open the Bible more. Worry less and pray more. You can conquer your hang-ups by drawing daily on the presence of God.

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18/08/2026

The Word for Today
(TWFT)
Tuesday 18 August

‘Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.’ Jeremiah 17:14 NKJV

PRAY AND BELIEVE GOD FOR HEALING

Dr A.B. Simpson, founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, was plagued with poor health. Two mental breakdowns and a heart condition led to a physician telling him – at age thirty-eight – he wouldn’t live to be forty. The diagnosis was no surprise to Simpson. Preaching was agonising for him; even climbing a slight elevation left him breathless. In desperation, he went to his Bible to find out what Jesus had to say about disease, and he became convinced that Jesus wanted to heal him. Shortly after, he went for a walk in the country. Coming to a pine wood, he sat down on a log to rest and pray. He asked Christ to become his physical life until his life’s work was accomplished. He later said, ‘Every fibre in me was tingling with the sense of God’s presence.’ Days later, he climbed a 3,000-foot mountain. ‘When I reached the top,’ he said, ‘the world of weakness and fear was lying at my feet. From that time on, I literally had a new heart.’ He went on to preach 3,000 sermons in the next three years, sometimes holding twenty meetings a week. He became a prolific author whose books are still blessing the world. And he died – at the age of seventy-six. In the Bible, Jeremiah prayed: ‘Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.’ David said, ‘O Lord my God, I cried out to You, and You healed me…You brought my soul up from the grave’ (Psalm 30:2-3 NKJV). Isaiah said, ‘You will restore me and make me live’ (Isaiah 38:16 NKJV). So pray and believe God for healing.

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