Hope For Today Videos

Just for today I will strengthen my mind.  I will take a few minutes to read and meditate on God’s word, seeking God’s perspective for my life today.  I will take note of one helpful thing God is saying to me and seek to behave accordingly.

Just for today I will try to live in conscious contact with God praying only for knowledge of His will and the power to carry it out.

There are many things you and I can do once or for one day that we couldn’t imagine doing for the rest of our lives. For the next few days we will look at some "Just for Today" principles and how they can support and encourage us. 

Here in North America we are between National Holidays. For many months we’ve heard so much about the checkered history in our past as these countries were colonized.  It takes great grace and wisdom to know how to sort out historical injustices and know how to move forward as one people together.  Only God is wise enough to show us a good way forward and give all of us the humility and willingness to take appropriate steps.

Rationalizing – that desire that’s too often in us to explain or justify our poor behaviour or attitude with plausible reasons, even if these are not true or appropriate. How I wish I didn’t recognize it in myself but far too frequently, it’s there. How and why do we so easily find ourselves doing this?

As long as we are human beings seeking to live in relationship with others, at some point something will go wrong.  When we recognize that we erred, we need to make amends. But, it’s important when we are making those amends, that we be wise in the way we go about it.

Lack of anything we consider essential, makes us feel insecure.  What a great relief it is to learn that security is not provided by our circumstances, but by God alone. 

Every time we pray the serenity prayer we are asking God for wisdom. What is wisdom?  Why should we want it?  What do we do with it once we get it?

If we follow God’s plan on our journey of life we need not be fearful when we encounter some storms. God’s instructions are reliable. His unfailing love keeps us at peace on our journey and His wisdom guides us to a safe and successful destination.

We need to let truth guide us and be careful about opinions we hold and for sure, about opinions we share with others. God’s word encourages us to think twice about sharing our opinions.

Light and darkness just don’t mix. A safe and stable life requires us to leave behind shady living and enter fully into the life of goodness which God desires for us. Let's figure out how to consistently live in the light.

Everything Jesus said is worth paying attention to and incorporating into our everyday living. But there are some things Jesus said that are more famous than others and the “Beatitudes” are part of that.  These are short sayings that tell us how to be blessed or happy. Someone has composed some prayers of forgiveness around each of these statements. They give words to thoughts many of us carry.  I thought we could pray them today.