February 29, 2020


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Today's Bible Verse
"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man."
Colossians 4:6 (KJV)



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Today's Bible Study
In this verse from Colossians, Paul emphasizes the importance of our speech. The words we speak have the power to lift up and encourage people but if used unwisely, they can cause a great deal of hurt and harm. Today, we'll think about how we can speak with wisdom so the words we use honor the Lord.

What does it mean for our speech to be with grace? Words of grace are kind, encouraging, spoken with love--they are meant to build people up. They seek to edify people in the Lord by sharing His love. This might be through something as simple as a compliment, a thank you note, or a kind word to a stranger. Consider your words a gift, and give freely.

Using our words to glorify the Lord and encourage others begins with being saturated in His Word. This means we should meet with Him every day in the Bible to let Him speak to us before we speak to anyone else. God's words give us life and hope, and when we are filled with these things, we can freely share them with others. We won't expect or need anyone to fill us up because we will already be satisfied in the Lord.


Think about the many opportunities you have to bless another person with your words. How many brief encounters do you have with people each day? The cashier at the coffee shop, the bank teller, a coworker, or even someone you happen to pass in the hallway--these are all people whom you can bless with a kind word.

When you get in the habit of showing, through the words you speak, the love that the Lord has shown you, you will begin to develop a giving spirit that draws other people to you. People long for an encouraging word from another person think about the last time you received a compliment and how it made you feel. Begin to view your speech as a conduit for sharing God's love with everyone around you; a way of bringing Him into their lives, if only for a brief moment. There is no finer example of showing grace.
Today's Prayer
Dear Lord, thank you for the power in words to speak life and encouragement into someone else's life. Thank you for the love that you show each of us through the Bible. I want to be more and more like you and that begins with thinking about my speech as a way of lifting people up. I love you, Lord. In Jesus's name, amen.

Yesterday's Devotional
February 28, 2020
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Yesterday's Bible Verse
"The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him."
Lamentations 3:25 (KJV)



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Yesterday's Bible Study
This verse is an encouragement to wait patiently for the Lord, and to seek Him. As our souls seek God, we will experience His goodness even in the period of waiting. Today, we'll think through this verse to understand how it affects the way we live.

This is a promise that the Lord will be good to those who wait for Him. We do not trust Him in vain; He will prove His faithfulness to us over and over. So even if it feels like we've waited forever for God to give us a breakthrough, we can still enjoy the riches of knowing Him.

To enjoy those riches, though, we must continue to seek Him. We should not let a period of waiting turn into weariness. It can be easy to lose hope that the Lord will move in our lives when it seems as though nothing is happening as we expected. But we can continue to trust in Him and His faithfulness.


We exercise this trust through prayer. Praying to the Lord means that we spend time with Him, and spending time with the Lord shows that we want to be with Him regardless of how we feel. Even if we're disappointed by something in our lives, we should still spend time with the Lord, trusting that He will work everything out for the good.

When we make up our minds to seek God even when things are difficult, we will be reminded of the many ways that He has proven Himself to be faithful. We will no longer be in a period of waiting for something; rather, we will be able to experience intimacy with the Lord as He works on our hearts and draws us closer to Him.

If you are in a period of waiting, make up your mind to hope in the Lord. He loves you and He is working for the good. Your current suffering, whatever you are going through, is temporary and His joys are forever. Seek Him and ask Him to sustain you and He will answer.
Yesterday's Prayer
Dear Lord, I thank you for being so good to me. You are my hope in all periods of waiting. You are my salvation and my strength. Help me to rest in you and find joy even as I wait. I love you, Jesus. In your name, amen.
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