Holy Bible Online Word For Today
A daily word for you to receive inspiration and make your day better.
Today's Word
Word of the Day: Let God's love transform your life
Genuine love is something very rare in today's world. We see people who don't care about others, only able to think about their own interests because they lack love. But when God fills us with His love, everything changes, and people notice the difference. Ask God to fill you with His sublime love!
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:14
As your heart becomes increasingly filled with God and His love, it will guide you in how you treat others and help you bless them.
There are many ways to share God's love with others. We can offer a word of encouragement to those we see who are sad or discouraged and even offer to pray for them. We can help, as much as possible, people in financial need, offering a meal, for example.
Open your heart today to God's love and see how it will help you understand and love others.
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:30-31
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7
Check out: The 25 most important Bible verses about God's love.
Yesterday's Word
Word of the Day: 3 essential things in a Christian's life
There are 3 essential things that we all need: faith, love, and humility. Faith gives us the assurance of salvation and brings us closer to God. Love makes us live according to God's will, loving Him and others. Humility teaches us to be less selfish and to give glory to whom it's due: Jesus.
Having faith in God is the first step to draw near to Him, and this faith guides us to seek to live according to His will at all times.
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
When God's love touches our hearts, our entire being is transformed. His love fills us and helps us to live following His great example of love and giving importance to what He considers important.
"“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
John 15:9-10
Humility can be a great challenge in the society we live in. However, humility is not optional: it is a distinctive mark of those who want to live in obedience to God, imitating Jesus Christ's attitude. By being humble, we show that Jesus is the King of our hearts.
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death -
even death on a cross!Philippians 2:5-8
Do not forget your spiritual needs, every day, put on the Armor of God!
Day Before Yesterday's Word
Word of the Day: What if today was your last day?
Would you be ready to meet God face-to-face tomorrow? Perhaps that's a scary thought! Or something you have never thought about before. But it is important to be prepared. Jesus tells a story about being prepared for his return:
The Parable of the Ten Virgins
25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
Matthew 25:1-5
In the passage the wise virgins were prepared for the long wait, they had taken enough oil to last for the evening, but the foolish virgins had not... They were unprepared and suffered the consequences:
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
Matthew 25:6-12
The Bible says if you repent of your sins and dedicate your life to following Jesus, there's no need to fear! You are prepared for the time when God will come and judge the living and the dead. When it's time to give an account, Jesus will purify all who have been faithful to Him.
But for those who are not prepared, who have not repented of their sins and dedicated their lives to Jesus, the situation is dire. In the story, Jesus says to the foolish virgins "Truly I tell you, I don't know you", in the end, nothing else mattered, not their wealth, status, or possessions. They had no relationship with Jesus, so they were locked out of the banquet. Make things right with God today, while you still have time.
Live for Jesus and receive the hope of Heaven!
Check out: verses on the importance of sharing the gospel with others