Tag: Righteousness
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GNB 3.297
December 30, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon. How you have fallen from heaven,morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth,you who once laid low the…
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GNB 3.296
December 29, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. The Lord has established Zion, and in her His afflicted people will find refuge.” (Isaiah 14.1a, 32b) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: I will admit that I do not understand the scope of purge…
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GNB 3.289
December 20, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: JOY “Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people. He will have compassion on His afflicted ones. He says: ‘It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of…
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GNB 3.277
December 6, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the nation of Israel and the people of Judah are the vines in whom He took great delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard only cries of distress.” (Isaiah 5.7) “Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures: The…
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GNB 3.273
December 2, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, ‘We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!‘” (Isaiah 4.1) “Jesus taught, ‘But I tell you that anyone who looks at…
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GNB 3.262
November 18, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord.“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land;but if you resist and…
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GNB 3.260
November 15, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood! Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend…
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GNB 3.232
October 11, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “On that day I [AM] will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place. The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the…
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GNB 3.227
October 6, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. For I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of…
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GNB 3.215
September 20, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “From Judah will come the cornerstone, from Him the tent peg,from Him the battle bow, from Him every ruler.” (Zechariah 10.4) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: We have the advantage of reading prophetic words with 20/20 hindsight. While many of the prophetic utterances which pointed to Jesus of Nazareth…