God’s Word for Today - 28 Nov 2025 Amos 5:11 (KJV): Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 28 Nov 2025 Today’s scripture is a sure warning of retribution to those who abuse their position and power to oppress others, especially denying tho

God’s Word for Today - 27 Nov 2025 Mark 10:21 (KJV): Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 27 Nov 2025 One of the key blockers to a flourishing relationship with Christ is one’s disposition to relationships with others and with material possessions. A

God’s Word for Today - 26 Nov 2025 Isaiah 41:17 (KJV): [When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 26 Nov 2025 There is no greater assurance than this, to know that Jehovah to whom all things belong, will never cease to meet the needs of those who society have abandoned. God will provide for them, physically, ma

God’s Word for Today - 25 Nov 2025 Psalm 140:12 (KJV): I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 25 Nov 2025 There is something very special about the God we call Yahweh. He is the Unchanging God who changes situations and circumstances for those who are called by His name, who depend totally upon Him. This is the God who has given an open invitation to anyone and everyone in distress

God’s Word for Today - 24 Nov 2025 Proverbs 31:9 (KJV): Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 24 Nov 2025 Are you among those people who love to play it safe by looking away when injustice is being perpetrated? You feel unconcerned when the underprivileged and defenceless are being oppressed and exploited, saying that it is not in your place to intervene and would rather not interfere. How then

God’s Word for Today - 23 Nov 2025 Mark 12:43 (KJV): And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 23 Nov 2025 In many churches, especially the non-orthodox denominations, there is a lot of drama at play when it comes to collecting offerings. Church leaders have put in place carefully devised plans to cajole

God’s Word for Today - 22 Nov 2025 Ecclesiastes 9:15 (KJV): Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 22 Nov 2025 I recall a conversation I had with a church leader many years ago who told me that people respect you and value your opinion only if you are rich because that’s the only thing that matters to them. It doesn’t matter that you have the sol

God’s Word for Today - 21 Nov 2025 James 2:3 (KJV): And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 21 Nov 2025 Discrimination and unequal treatment should not be seen or heard of in the community of those who claim to be following Christ. Alas, this is often the rule in many places rather than the excepti

God’s Word for Today - 20 Nov 2025 Amos 5:12 (KJV): For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right]. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 20 Nov 2025 There is so much evil and wickedness in the world because people fail to understand that whatever they do, whether good or evil, is not hidden from the omniscient Jehovah who sees all and will reward everyone

God’s Word for Today - 19 Nov 2025 1 Corinthians 13:3 (KJV): And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 19 Nov 2025 It is unfortunate that many people fail to understand the essence of the Ten Commandments and they struggle to comprehend how to relate with them. Jesus Christ gave us the clearest explanation of what they mean and how they

God’s Word for Today - 18 Nov 2025 Isaiah 25:4 (KJV): For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 18 Nov 2025 Wherever one is in the world the situation of those who are considered to be poor with little access to participating in the social and economic life of their societi

God’s Word for Today - 17 Nov 2025 John 12:5-6 (KJV): Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 17 Nov 2025 There are many who are like Judas Iscariot in today’s scripture pretending to love the poor while the contrary is the case. The spirit of Judas lives on in many church co

God’s Word for Today - 16 Nov 2025 Isaiah 10:2 (KJV): To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless! Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 16 Nov 2025 I have seen church congregations where the prevailing leadership attitude is that of might is right, where people only matter when they make large material and financial contributions to the purse. Those wh

God’s Word for Today - 15 Nov 2025 2 Corinthians 9:9 (KJV): (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 15 Nov 2025 Whilst acknowledging that the world as we know it today is full of wickedness and discontent, it is not entirely gloomy. There are still many pockets of light piercing through the darkness that strives to engulf the world. And that light cannot be quenc

God’s Word for Today - 14 Nov 2025 Luke 14:13 (KJV): But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 14 Nov 2025 From the fall of Adam and Eve the world went astray and was getting deeper into the morass created by rejecting Jehovah, so God sent Jesus Christ to reset and recalibrate the world. All that Jesus did was countercultural to how things were done, so most people rejected Him and His teachings. B

God’s Word for Today - 13 Nov 2025 Isaiah 58:7 (KJV): [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 13 Nov 2025 Fasting is a spiritual exercise that many people seem to not really understand and there are many that embark on fasting practices that seem to not align with wha

God’s Word for Today - 12 Nov 2025 Romans 15:26 (KJV): For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 12 Nov 2025 God’s heart beats for those who are poor, especially those who are of the household of faith. The early apostolic church modelled how to care for the poor and underprivileged amongst the disciples of Christ and the churches of today will do well

God’s Word for Today - 11 Nov 2025 Amos 8:6 (KJV): That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat? Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 11 Nov 2025 Experience shows that many who are rich and wealthy by world standards are often in the habit of exploiting and defrauding the poor wherever and whenever they can and, though this is condemnable, most people just look the other way, depriving the helpless of mu

God’s Word for Today - 10 Nov 2025 Luke 19:8 (KJV): And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore [him] fourfold. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 10 Nov 2025 Zacchaeus in today’s scripture was a rich tax collector with a heart of gold who was full of compassion for the poor and less privileged. He was also quick to restitute any wrongdoing

God’s Word for Today - 09 Nov 2025 Isaiah 66:2 (KJV): For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. Reflection on God’s Word for Today - 09 Nov 2025 The verdict as to whom Jehovah will show respect and honour cannot be clearer than is stated in today’s scripture. The Creator of the entire universe declares uneq