Tag: Purpose
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GNB 5.159
July 17, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together. And quarreling arose between Abram’s herders and Lot’s. The Canaanites and Perizzites were…
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GNB 5.156
July 14, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him. Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.” (Genesis 13.1-2) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: The situation in Egypt and the Negev and the rest of what would be…
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GNB 5.153
July 9, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.” (Genesis 12.9) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: We all have Negevs in our lives. Even today, the Negev makes up over half of modern Israel. In the days of Abraham, its territory was over half of the Promised Land.…
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GNB 5.139
June 23, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis 11.8-9) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: And from that day, the…
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GNB 5.138
June 22, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “The Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.’” (Genesis 11.6-7) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Presenting the “one…
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GNB 5.135
June 18, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.” (Genesis 11.8-9) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: We are all familiar with…
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GNB 5.128
June 9, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.” (Genesis 6.9b) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves as we read verse 9. Yes, Noah was a righteous man. (He honored the sabbath and gave…
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GNB 5.114
May 21, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.’ Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.” (Genesis 4.1-2) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Questions arise in the story begun by the births of…
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GNB 5.112
May 18, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.’” (Genesis 3.22) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Imagine you could never go home. God had made…
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GNB 5.097
April 30, 2026: GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.” (Genesis 2.25) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Several days ago, I spoke of the Creation Story using the illustration of “brought out.” God called out one part of creation from another as if slowly revealing the whole…
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