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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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Lessons from the life of Joseph (4)

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/26

There are divine purposes that must be faithfully watched over and protected in order to be fulfilled. Joseph gives us three keys to seeing God’s promises fulfilled. The first is mercy, and the second is faith. Let’s look at the third: obedience. ‘Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus’ (vv. 24-25 NKJV). Joseph obeyed God when humanly

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2:06

Lessons from the life of Joseph (3)

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/25

In Joseph’s life we see three keys to experiencing the fulfilment of God’s purpose and promises in our lives. The first is mercy. Let’s look at the second: faith. ‘While he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit”’ (v. 20 NKJV). Joseph had intended to privately divorce Mary. Then God told him the divine plan. What was

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2:08

Lessons from the life of Joseph (2)

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/24

Joseph’s life of silent action gives us three keys to living in God’s promises. Today, let’s look at the first key: mercy. We are introduced to Joseph in the middle of a personal crisis. He is in love with Mary. And he believed that she loved him…until he heard she was pregnant. How should he respond? Openly shame her? Or surrender her to a public stoning as the law of Moses required? No, he chose mercy over malice and anger and revenge. The mercy of Joseph preserved the life of Mary and protected

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1:56

Lessons from the life of Joseph (1)

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/23

You can search the Gospels and you won’t discover a single word spoken by Jesus’ earthly father, Joseph. But he is irreplaceable in the story of Jesus’ birth. Here is why: God used Joseph to protect and preserve the life of the Saviour. So today, let’s look at the lesson we draw from the life of Joseph: You are responsible to protect God’s unborn purposes and promises in your life. Right now, there is a part of God’s will that is yet unknown and to be experienced in your life. A promise yet to be

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1:57

‘Do not disturb’

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/22

In training Timothy for ministry, Paul says, ‘Preach the Word!…[Whether it is convenient or inconvenient…you as preacher of the Word are to show people in what way their lives are wrong].’ Most hotels have a sign you can put on your bedroom door that says, ‘Do Not Disturb’. That sign on your door means you want to relax, sleep, or not be bothered. Hanging that sign on your hotel room door is acceptable, but putting it on your life isn’t. Have you ever noticed that God doesn’t always do things on our

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1:54

Reach for your potential

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/21

Your personal potential is what you may be – the person you can become. God, who sees the end from the beginning, knows your potential and will help you to reach it. But you have a part to play. You must desire growth and commit yourself to it each day. Growth is a pathway that never ends: ‘They go from strength to strength’ (Psalm 84:7 NKJV). Just as your DNA differs from every other person, so does your personal growth pathway. To discover your God-given purpose, you must grow in spiritual

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1:52

Doing God’s will

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/20

Doing God’s will can be difficult, but it always brings a sense of fulfilment and reward. David experienced resentment from his family, betrayal by his boss, and rejection by his friends. Yet he could say, ‘I delight to do thy will, O my God.’ To fulfil your God-given destiny, you need to be passionate. Passion gives you an advantage every time. One person with passion is more effective than ninety-nine who only have an interest. Passion gives you energy and keeps you going when others give up

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1:57

Are you called to go or to stay?

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/19

Sometimes following God involves leaving a secure and lucrative career. Moses left a palace, Elisha left a farm, James and John left their fishing boats. But sometimes, following God means staying where you are and maximising every opportunity He gives you to promote His kingdom. When David returned from battle with the spoils, some of his soldiers didn’t want to share them with those who had remained behind. But David said, ‘The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as

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2:08

A heart for others

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/18

On December 18, 1933, a curious ad appeared in a Canton, Ohio, newspaper: ‘Man Who Felt Depression’s Sting to Help 75 Unfortunate Families. Anonymous Giver Known only as “B. Virdot”, posts $750 to Spread Christmas Cheer.’ All the reader had to do was describe their plight in a letter and mail it care of ‘general delivery’. The appeals poured in. Oddly, no one knew a ‘B. Virdot’, and people wondered if such a person even existed. Then within a week, cheques began arriving in homes all over the area

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2:09

Be willing to look foolish

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/17

A pastor writes: ‘Poll after poll has found that most people’s number one fear is speaking in public. Death ranks number two. That means some people would rather die than speak in public. Why? It’s the fear of looking foolish…But faith is the willingness to look foolish. Noah looked foolish building an ark in the desert. Sarah looked foolish buying maternity clothes at ninety. The Israelites looked foolish marching around Jericho blowing trumpets. David looked foolish attacking Goliath with a

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1:57

Trust God and take action

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/16

There is a time to be cautious and a time to throw caution to the wind. And it takes discernment to know the difference. If you’re waiting for perfect conditions before seizing an opportunity, you will be hesitating until you die. The Bible says, ‘He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.’ More often than not, the only thing between you and the fulfilment of your dream is an excuse: ‘I’m too busy…I don’t have enough money…I’m unqualified…I’m not ready yet…I

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2:02

Praying passionately

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/15

Here is what Paul said about Epaphras, a disciple so obscure you probably don’t recognise his name: ‘Epaphras…is…always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God…he has a great zeal for you’ (vv. 12-13 NKJV). James writes, ‘Pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much’ (James 5:16 NKJV). To be fervent is to be passionate! Bishop Joseph Hall, a seventeenth-century Anglican

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2:06

Worship God with abandon (2)

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/14

True worship calls for being less self-conscious and self-absorbed and more God-conscious and God-absorbed. After watching him dance before the Lord, David’s wife gave him an earful: ‘How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!’ (v. 20 NIV). To which David replied, ‘It was before the Lord, who chose me…he appointed me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel – I will celebrate before the Lord

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2:05

Worship God with abandon (1)

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/13

In 2 Samuel 6, David had just been crowned king of Israel. He had defeated the Philistines and recaptured Zion. Now he is bringing the ark of the covenant, the ultimate symbol of God’s presence among His people, back to Jerusalem. After years of living without it, the sight of it overwhelmed David with joy, causing him to strip off his kingly robes and dance before the ark with abandon wearing nothing but a loincloth. Yet, when you get excited about God, don’t expect everybody to get excited with

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2:12

Be honest in small things, and all things

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/12

In his poem ‘The Road Not Taken’, Robert Frost writes, ‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.’ Sadly today, the road less travelled is honesty in small things and honesty in all things. According to Psychology Today, 70 per cent of US high school students and almost half of college students admit to cheating. USA Today stated that 91 per cent of Americans lie regularly. Our culture says, ‘If you want to get ahead, you have to

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2:06

The influence of a godly grandparent

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/11

Fanny became blind at six weeks old at the hands of a fake doctor. But her grandmother Eunice resolved that Fanny would never grow up feeling disabled or deprived. Eunice devoted years to training Fanny in all kinds of things – teaching her the Bible, assisting her in exploring nature, and enabling her to develop incredible powers of memory. Fanny memorised large sections of the Bible. From that treasury of Scripture, she later produced some of the best-loved hymns we sing today. ‘Blessed

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1:56

The attack is over your future

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/10

Peter writes, ‘Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith’ (vv. 8-9 NLT). The word Christ means ‘the Anointed One’. So as a Christian, you are anointed by the same Spirit that rested upon Christ. Satan tempted Christ, and he will tempt you. Satan targeted Christ because he feared His destiny; likewise, Satan has discerned your destiny, and he’s out to stop you from

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2:00

Uncovering Satan’s schemes (3)

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/09

You can have 20/20 vision in the natural world yet be blind in the spiritual world and fall prey to Satan’s schemes. But when you turn to God in prayer, He can open your eyes and give you a strategy for victory. Notice what happened when Elisha and his servant woke up in the city of Dothan to discover that they were surrounded by hostile armies. ‘When the servant of the man of God…went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Oh, sir, what will we do now?” the young man cried to

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2:00

Knowing who to trust

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/09

In Scripture, we are commanded to love everyone, not trust everyone. Jesus is our example in this. ‘Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did…many began to trust in him. But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew human nature…what mankind is really like’ (vv. 23-25 NLT 2004). These words were not spoken concerning the crowd that followed Jesus but those who claimed to be His disciples. While Jesus gave Himself to them relationally and lived life with them, He knew that they were not perfect. He

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1:56

Uncovering Satan’s schemes (2)

UCB Word For Today ·

2024/12/08

The Bible says: ‘Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armour so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places’ (vv. 10-12 NLT). Note the words ‘against mighty powers in this dark world’. When Daniel prayed, he encountered those mighty

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