Thy Word

Today, God challenges us to stand – to hold a ground that is actively under siege by all sorts of heresies in a resolute, unyielding posture of steadfastness against outside pressures.

Our Lord warned His drowsy disciples to watch and pray, lest they enter into temptation, and as He predicted, sleep preceded the denial in the courtyard.

This article asks a plain question: when we look down on God’s servants on account of their appearance, accent, or age, whom are we really treating with contempt?

Somewhere in your ministry or organisation is a Timothy – unpolished, maybe unsure, maybe overlooked – who must be prepared to do what you do if your work is to be perpetuated to the next generation.

Wherever heaven opens a door, hell posts a guard. Today, God challenges us to treating adversity as an interruption to God’s plan and start recognizing it as the confirmation within it.

The same God who swung wide the doors of Ephesus is at work in our spheres of influence today. But the challenge for us is how do we recognise and use such open doors.

Today’s devotional asks a question every ministry needs to sit with: are the people handling God’s resources anchored by a proven and tested track record to be entrusted with the handling of the tangible resources God has placed in our care to steward?

Every believer, not just the wealthy, is called to give. Discover why the Bible demands planned, proportionate generosity — and why manipulative demands for more betray that biblical standard.