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UCB Word For Today

With daily readings based on Scripture, articles, and things to pray about, the UCB Word For Today is designed to help you get into the habit of spending time with God every day.

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1:54

What the Bible teaches us about money (5)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/04/04

When a recession hit Jerusalem, Paul asked the believers at Corinth to give offerings to meet this need: ‘Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem’

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1:50

What the Bible teaches us about money (4)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/04/03

When it comes to giving, here are two important truths the Bible teaches us about money: 1) God does not expect us all to give the same amount. ‘Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you’ (v. 17 NKJV). Paul writes, ‘For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have’ (2 Corinthians 8:12 NIV). 2) God will ask you to make sacrifices to fulfil His kingdom purposes in

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2:00

What the Bible teaches us about money (3)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/04/02

Here is what Job said about his great wealth: ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there.’ Job understood that we all enter life with our hands empty, and we all exit life with our hands empty. The only thing we can take with us when we go is what we have sent ahead. Jesus talks about this: ‘Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor

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1:58

What the Bible teaches us about money (2)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/04/01

After four hundred years of living like slaves, the Israelites were about to take possession of the promised land. And God had a concern. What was it? The same concern He has about each of us. When you have little, you realise how dependent you are on God. But when you have much, your tendency is to forget God, the source of every blessing. Note what David said when God’s people gave generously to build the temple: ‘All things come from You, and of Your own we have given You…God, all this abundance

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1:54

What the Bible teaches us about money (1)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/31

God owns everything. If you doubt that, read these Scriptures: ‘“The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,” says the Lord of hosts.’ ‘The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein’ (Psalm 24:1 NKJV). ‘Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father’ (James 1:17 NKJV). ‘Both riches and honour come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all’

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1:53

Are you raising children alone?

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/30

One marriage expert says a single mother sent him a story that helped explain the loneliness and stress faced by those raising children alone. She said she was looking out her window one drizzly day and saw a mother robin and her brood of chicks perched in a nest. As the rain poured down, the mother bird covered her chirping little chicks beneath her extended wings. Then the hail began to fall. Instead of tucking her head safely in the nest, the mother robin raised her head upward and took the blows

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1:53

Seeking God

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/29

God instructs us to seek Him, but not as though He is hiding from us. When we seek God, we make a decision that’s necessary for bringing us into the spiritual realm. Some levels of blessing are never received unless they are diligently sought. It’s your seeking after God that moves Him to respond. ‘But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him’ (Hebrews 11:6 KJV). There are no manuals

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2:00

Pause and reflect

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/28

After sharing great truths and insights with us, the psalmist often uses the word ‘Selah’. It is thought to mean ‘pause and reflect’. For years people have said that experience is the best teacher. But the truth is, evaluated experience is the best teacher! Stopping to reflect is one of the most important activities you can do in order to grow. It provides a superior value than motivation or encouragement because it lets you make sure you’re going down the right road. After all, if you’re on the

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1:57

How to forgive

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/27

In 1982, John Hinckley Jr attempted to take the life of President Ronald Reagan by shooting him with a handgun. Reagan’s daughter, Patti, later recounted what she learned from her father when he was in hospital: ‘My father said he knew his physical healing was directly dependent on his ability to forgive John Hinckley…It showed me that forgiveness is the key to everything…He gave me an example of Christ-like thinking.’ Sometimes the wounds that others inflict on us are unintentional, and other times

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2:11

Be guided by wisdom, not impulse

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/26

If you are impulsive, you tend to lack discipline. You can be thoughtless, or insensitive to others, or driven by appetite. You may have a hard time with delayed gratification. You have a low frustration tolerance. You get bored easily. You can fly off the handle. If this describes you, here are six principles you should try to incorporate into your life: 1) Ask counsel from wise friends before plunging forward with an idea. ‘The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks

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2:05

How God sees you

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/25

When you put your trust in Christ as your Saviour, God sees you ‘in Christ’. The words ‘in Christ’ appear no less than seventy-eight times in the New Testament. When God looks at you, He doesn’t see you with all your flaws and imperfections; He sees you in Christ. And since Christ has atoned for all your sins, you are ‘accepted in the beloved’ (Ephesians 1:6 KJV). Having a blessed future is not contingent upon how much you strive to be perfect or how hard you work at changing yourself. It is

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2:02

Change your thoughts, and change your life

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/24

Your thoughts create your feelings, and your feelings dictate your approach to life. So by changing the way you think, you can change how you feel and how you approach life. Unlike the world, which teaches you to empty your mind to achieve peace, God’s way is to fill your mind with fresh, powerful, redeeming thoughts. ‘You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!’ It’s not just about trying to blot out bad thoughts with your willpower. If a wrong, bad, or

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2:03

Worship: giving yourself to God

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/23

To become a worshipper in the fullest sense requires two things. First, an understanding that God’s love towards you is not predicated on your love towards Him. The moment you accept Christ as your Saviour, God accepts you and clothes you in the righteousness of Christ; therefore, you are always worthy to approach Him. Second, understanding that God’s love for you is not merely a theological concept, but something that is embraced with your heart and responded to through your emotions. In the act of

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Signs follow faith

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/22

The book of Mark concludes this way: ‘They went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.’ Understanding the will of God is not a precise science, and the most spiritually mature among us can get it wrong. But this much you can count on: God will use a combination of the Spirit and Scripture to guide you. As you open His Word and open your heart, God will speak to you. Then you have to act on it. The way to get spiritual momentum is by

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1:56

How to build your self-esteem

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/21

After four hundred years of living as slaves in Egypt, the Israelites struggled with low self-esteem. So, God said to them, ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt’ (vv. 3-4 NKJV). Notice the words ‘built’ and ‘rebuilt’. How can you build, or rebuild, your self-esteem? In three ways. First, by believing in God’s unearned, undeserved, unchanging, unfailing love for you at all times. Second, by serving

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2:05

Parenting, the Bible way

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/20

Planting a seed is only the first of a season’s worth of steps. There is watering, fertilising, weeding, and protecting the struggling plant from pests, diseases, storms, and adverse weather. Many flowers and vegetables require stakes, cages, and other supports to help them stand tall and bear their fruit. The gardener who does nothing but sow a seed shouldn’t be surprised if his or her plants never reach maturity. Almost all living things in God’s creation reproduce by sowing a seed: human beings,

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1:51

How to get what you want

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/19

The first step to getting what you want in life is knowing what you want. Jesus said, in essence, ‘The key to getting what you want out of life is to focus on what I want for your life.’ Note the words ‘seek first’. This word ‘seek’ means ‘to strive for diligently’ or ‘to desire strongly’. The action is continuous. It says, ‘Keep on striving for, keep on seeking, keep on desiring daily.’ When Jesus says, ‘Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,’ it means you don’t have to pray about what your

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1:54

Know your purpose, know your partners

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/18

In order to identify God’s will for your life, you must be clear about two things: 1) Your purpose. Facing the cross, Jesus said, ‘For this cause came I into the world’ (John 18:37 KJV). Your passion is that area of your life that fires you up. It might be world hunger, or neglected pensioners, or education. You see little kids growing up in underfunded areas, and they’re never going to have a chance to thrive, and it just kills you. Or unwed mums, or the gospel being proclaimed unclearly. Instead

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1:50

Have you talked to God about it?

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/17

Moses had a special place where he met with God. It was called ‘the tabernacle of meeting’ (v. 7 NKJV). What did they talk about? ‘Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me…Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight…” And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest”’ (vv. 12-14 NKJV). Note the

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1:59

The link between disobedience and stress

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/03/16

A leading Christian psychologist says there is a direct correlation between the stress we experience and disobeying God’s Word. Could that be true? Could there be a link between the stress you are feeling and the level of your obedience to God? Yes. Think about it. As a redeemed child of God, when you knowingly disobey Him, your conscience bothers you and you feel conflicted and condemned. By knowingly violating His Word, you get uncomfortable in your own skin. Plus, when you need to pray and ask

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