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08/09/2026

A Message For Today: What are you hoping for?

The question that we all should be able to answer. The word hope is a positive mental state and feeling that something good will happen or turn out for the best. Something good is going to happen for me. Knowing that God loves us unconditionally, we all should be expecting good things from our Heavenly Father. In Psalms 39, David’s prayer is about the reality of life. He had a revelation of how fleeting life is. (Lasting for a very short time, passing swiftly, or vanishing quickly.) He came to the conclusion that no matter how much time he spent here, it was still a short time. He could not put his hope in any one else but God. In I Corinthians 15 the question came up, “What if Christ was not risen?” Then our hope would be in vain. There would be no saving from the consequences of sin. There would be no crown of glory. There would be no heaven to live for an eternity. There would be no reason to live holy. We would be men and women most pitiable. Deserving pity, sorrow or sympathy because there would be no hope for us.

But we have hope in Gods promises. We have hope in His mercy. We believe in the power and the works of His Holy Spirit. We have obtained hope because of the things that were written for our learning. Because we, through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, might have hope. Might have a positive mental state about what is written for our learning. Believing that something good is going to happen for us because of our learning of Gods word. Because we have hope in God. Hope doesn’t make us ashamed. The Rev. Jessie Jackson was known for this saying, “Keep hope alive.” You keep hope alive by feeding it with what has been written for our learning. Rejoice in your trials. Be steadfast, unmovable, always having hope in Christ Jesus. We should be eagerly waiting for what we are hoping for. We should know within ourselves that it is on the way. Even if it takes a while, never stop believing. More important than anything else, we are looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. That’s our positive mental state of mind. Keep Hope Alive!

08/08/2026

A word for today: And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: ”Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them: “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”’ “So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” Numbers 6:22-27

08/07/2026

A word for today: “Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me; LORD, be my helper!” You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever. Psalms 30:10-12

08/06/2026

A word for today: Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Psalms 30:4,5

08/05/2026

A word for today: “For the day of the LORD upon all nations is near; as you have done, it shall be done to you; your reprisal shall return upon your own head. For as you drank on My holy mountain, so shall all nations drink continually; yes, they shall drink, and swallow, and they shall be as though they had never been.” Obadiah 1:15,16

08/04/2026

A word for today: “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing of the words of the LORD. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, but shall not find it. Amos 8:11,12

08/03/2026

A word for today: Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordon to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opens to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:13-17

08/02/2026

A Message For Today: The Benefits Of Righteousness

Righteousness means, the quality or state of being morally right or conforming to a divine or moral law. Living a life that’s honest, fair, and pure. Following the rules of fairness and treating others with respect. Being in a correct and faithful bond with God and other people. When we are right in Gods eyes, it puts us in right standing with Him. God moves for the obedient or the righteous. Abraham’s obedience was accounted as righteousness with God. In Genesis 18 Abraham had visitors from heaven. They talked with him and questioned among themselves whether they should tell him what they were about to do. They began to tell him what they had heard about the cities of S***m and Gomorrah, where his nephew Lot and his family lived. “Because the outcry against S***m and Gomorrah is so great, and because there sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”

Abraham came near them and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?” He said to the Lord that it’s far from you to do a thing like this. In his conversation with the Lord it was determined that if there were ten who were in right standing with God He would not destroy the cities. Because he was righteous in the eyes of God, he was able to bargain with Him for the lives of those who were righteous. Not for his own life but for the lives of others. How many times have we come before the Lord to ask for the lives of others? For healing, not for ourselves but for others. For peaces, for jobs, deliverance, favor and God gave them what we asked. All because you were in right standing with God and He heard your cry, your appeal. Lots family was delivered and every one that was willing left the cities. Lot lost his wife because she looked back to see the destruction. 2 Chronicles 16:9 says, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. Psalms 34: The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous or those in right standing with Him, and His ears are open to their cry. There are benefits to walking upright before the Lord our God. One of the many benefits is that He will hear us and respond when we call upon Him. Cry out to the Lord for the your loved ones who may still be in the cities. Cry out that the Lord may bring them out before destruction comes. He will delay his word for the sake of the righteousness. God moves for the righteous.

08/01/2026

A word for today: From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” Matthew 16:21-23

07/31/2026

A word for today: When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth defiles a man.” Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisee were offended when they heard this saying?” But He answered and said, “Every plant which My Heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.” Matthew 15:10-14

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