16 Oct 2026 | The Word for Today
‘I have refined you… I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.’ Isaiah 48:10 NIV CS Lewis said, ‘God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.’ It was in the furnace of...
15 Oct 2026 | The Word for Today
‘Your footprints were not seen.’ Psalm 77:19 NIV The psalmist wrote, ‘Your path led through… mighty waters, though Your footprints were not seen.’ When you can’t see God’s ‘footprints,’ He is calling you to walk by faith, not by sight (See 2 Corinthians 5:7). Joni...
14 Oct 2026 | The Word for Today
‘I will build My church.’ Matthew 16:18 KJV Sherry Surratt notes that when Jesus promised to build His church, ‘[He] wasn’t just talking about the bricks or wood that form a… building, but He was talking about building His church of… ordinary, human people who are...
13 Oct 2026 | The Word for Today
‘I will build My church.’ Matthew 16:18 KJV Being hurt by another Christian can be devastating, but the church is filled with imperfect people who do things they shouldn’t. As CS Lewis said, ‘God works on us in all sorts of ways… above all He works on us through each...
12 Oct 2026 | The Word for Today
‘If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.’ Romans 12:18 NKJV At times it’s impossible to be at peace with certain people. Recognising this reality, the apostle Paul, in essence, said, ‘Do all that you can to try and make it happen.’...
11 Oct 2026 | The Word for Today
‘Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become… mature.’ Ephesians 4:15 NIV Virginia Satir, a founder of family systems therapy, determined that most families have five styles of communication. (1) Some members are placaters. They go along to get along, and...
