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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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1:50

Grace – when you need it most

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/10/10

During World War II, Corrie ten Boom and her Dutch family hid many Jews from the Nazis. Eventually, she was caught and put in a concentration camp where she saw all sorts of atrocities, including the death of her father and sister. Then she was accidentally released. She never became bitter. She even forgave the man who killed her relatives. Someone asked her how she could endure those dark days and remain loving, forgiving, and kind. She answered with a story of how, when she was a little girl, her

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2:07

Seeing yourself through God’s eyes (2)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/10/09

One Christian author writes: ‘What if everywhere you went, you ran into someone you didn’t like? You attend a party and have to endure her conversation and constant opinions. You go to church, and she’s sitting right beside you…she is at the dinner table…she’s everywhere! That sounds pretty awful, but this is the exact situation you’re in if you don’t like yourself, because you are everywhere you go. You can’t get away from yourself, even for a second, so you’re in for a sad life if you dread your

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2:07

Seeing yourself through God’s eyes (1)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/10/08

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Most of us could come up with a long list! The fact is, Jesus alone holds the world record when it comes to perfection. In the words of Jennifer Dukes Lee: ‘Until you are convinced of God’s incredible love…you will continue looking for replacement love everywhere but in the heart of Christ. No matter where you live or work…the enemy prowls like a lion, stalking people on Wall Street, fashion runways, suburban cul-de-sacs, [and] Facebook

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2:10

A life-enriching habit

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/10/07

An ancient European monastery perched on a high ledge was accessible only by way of a basket that was held in place by a single rope on a series of pulleys. One day a concerned visitor noticed the rope was frayed in numerous places. Hoping to relieve his anxiety, he asked the monk who was sharing the ride with him, ‘How often do you guys change the rope?’ Stoically the cleric replied, ‘Whenever it breaks!’ Seriously, waiting for the worst to happen before taking action is a risky life strategy. Just

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1:55

One thousand, four hundred and forty

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/10/06

A woman once had a dream in which an angel was giving her this message: ‘As a reward for your virtues, the sum of £1,440 will be deposited into your bank account every morning. This amount has only one condition. At the close of each business day, any balance that has not been used will be cancelled. It won’t carry over to the next day or accrue interest. Each morning, a new £1,440 will be credited to you.’ The dream was so vivid that when she woke up, she asked the Lord to explain what it meant. He

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2:05

Removing the ‘flesh’ element

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/10/05

In Pharaoh’s palace, Moses threw down his rod and ‘it became a snake’ (v. 3 NIV). He was so scared; he ran from it. Then God said, ‘Reach out your hand and take it by the tail,’ leaving the head, the most dangerous part, unrestrained. One Bible teacher points this out: ‘During your training trip through the wilderness, you’ll probably think God is leading you the wrong way; that He’s saying something that doesn’t make sense. His commandments aren’t usually accompanied by explanation. And when you

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1:59

Understanding how God’s love works

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/10/04

God loves you unconditionally at all times – but you must receive His love. Only when you do that can you love God in return and extend His love to others. In other words, you can’t give away what you don’t have! ‘God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us’ (Romans 5:5 AMPC). That means when you commit your life to Christ, the Holy Spirit comes to live in your heart, and He brings God’s love with Him. The question is, what are you doing with that

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2:00

Keep on going

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/10/02

A Sunday school teacher was telling the story of how Jonah disobeyed God and ended up being swallowed by a big fish. For three days, he cried out from the depths of the ocean, and after three days and nights, God ordered the fish to spit him up on the beach. At the end of the lesson, the teacher asked the class what they had learned, and a little boy piped up, ‘It just goes to prove that you can’t keep a good man down.’ You don’t drown by falling into the water; you drown by staying there. David

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2:03

Get back up and keep going! (2)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/10/01

One author writes: ‘Grit is passion and perseverance for long-term goals. It’s a marathon, not a sprint…You’re not just running, but getting hit along the way. Grit keeps you moving forward through the sting of rejection, pain of failure, and struggle with adversity. When life knocks you down, you may want to stay down and give up, but grit won’t let you quit…True grit starts with knowing what you truly want. When you know what you want and you can see it, you’ll work hard and persevere to achieve

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2:00

Get back up and keep going! (1)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/30

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania tell us that a key predictor of success isn’t talent, title, wealth, or good looks. It’s the ability to work hard for a prolonged period of time towards a focused goal; to keep moving forwards despite challenges, obstacles, and failures. Paul writes: ‘We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don’t know why things happen as they do, but we don’t give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never

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1:59

Show it!

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/29

Author Tim Hansel tells about a seminary professor who set up his homiletics class in an unusual way. Each student was required to deliver a sermon on the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37). They were to go from classroom to classroom preaching love and compassion for others. Some students had ten minutes between classes, while others had less time, which forced them to hurry in order to stay on schedule. Each student was also required to walk down a designated corridor past a ‘beggar’ who

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2:13

Be there when you’re needed

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/28

Generally speaking, when we’re young, healthy, capable, and socially involved, we can go where we want and do as we please. As the saying goes, ‘The world is our oyster!’ It seldom occurs to us that we’re surrounded by those who, because of age, disability, illness, or social and physical isolation, can no longer enjoy the same benefits we do. They depend on the compassion and care of others to meet their most basic daily needs. Sadly, our self-focused youth-oriented culture often ignores and

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1:45

Learn to ask for what you want

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/27

Some people know what they want and have the bravery to ask for it. Others know what they don’t want and have developed the ability of saying it in a way that doesn’t create hostility. If you do not practise asking for what you desire, you will live in frustration. You may also become resentful that people don’t detect your needs or desires without you informing them. Some people let others violate their boundaries while they suffer in silence instead of asking for a change in behaviour. Asking for

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1:50

How to become generous (2)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/26

Someone said this about money: ‘You can’t win. If you focus on making it, you’re materialistic. If you try to but don’t make any, you’re a loser. If you make a lot and keep it, you’re a miser. If you make it and spend it, you’re a spendthrift. If you don’t care about making any, you’re unambitious. If you make a lot and still have it when you die, you’re a fool – for trying to take it with you.’ The one way to truly win with money is to hold it loosely…to be generous with it and achieve things of

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1:56

How to become generous (1)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/25

If you want to become a generous person, do these: 1) Be grateful for whatever you have. Generosity rises out of contentment; it doesn’t come from obtaining more. John D. Rockefeller admitted, ‘I have made millions, but they have brought me no happiness.’ It’s an inside job; if you’re not content with a little, you probably won’t be content with a lot. And if you’re ungenerous with a little, you won’t abruptly change when you become wealthy. 2) Don’t allow the desire for possessions to control you

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1:57

Will you be made whole?

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/25

For thirty-eight years, this paralysed man waited amongst the sick and disabled at the pool of Bethesda for a supernatural moment that could change his miserable existence. But each time someone got into the pool before him and walked away healed. Time after time, when the opportunity came, there was no one there for him. The story was always the same; he couldn’t rescue himself from his pool of despair and his dwindling stock of hope and faith. Perhaps you can identify. Perhaps you know the story

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1:58

Living life on life’s terms

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/23

When you learn to forgive and accept yourself, it means you have come to terms with your humanity and learned to be at peace with your imperfections. You realise that what you have been through, together with the grace of God, has made you the person you are today. Veronica Shoffstall said: ‘After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul…that love doesn’t mean leaning, and company doesn’t always mean security…that kisses aren’t contracts and presents aren’t

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2:02

God is pushing you out of your comfort zone

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/22

In Even Eagles Need a Push, David McNally describes a mother eagle teaching her young to fly: ‘The eagle gently coaxed her offspring towards the edge of the nest. Her heart quivered with conflicting emotions as she felt their resistance to her persistent nudging. “Why does the thrill of soaring have to begin with the fear of falling?”…The ageless question was still unanswered for her…Her nest was located high on a shelf of sheer rock face. Below there was nothing but air to support the wings of each

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2:08

Reasons to be thankful (2)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/22

Author Jon Gordon writes: ‘I’d love to share with you the benefits…of two simple words. THANK YOU. They…have the power to transform our health, happiness…and success. Research shows that grateful people are happier and more likely to maintain good friendships. Gratitude…also improves the heart’s rhythmic functioning, which helps us to reduce stress, think more clearly under pressure and heal physically. It’s…physiologically impossible to be stressed and thankful at the same time. When you are

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2:01

Reasons to be thankful (1)

UCB Word For Today ·

2025/09/20

Breathing is a complicated process. It requires physiological precision, and the average person takes about twenty-three thousand breaths a day. And while we’re inclined to thank God for everything that takes our breath away, maybe we should also thank Him for all of our other breaths. In 2000, Pastor Ed Dobson was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, a degenerative disease with no known cause or cure. Sharing his ongoing struggle to be thankful while living with an incurable condition, Dobson

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