So, what does Paul’s command in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 – “pray without ceasing,” truly mean? Obviously, it cannot mean we should spend the entire day with our eyes shut and heads bowed, we could not serve God. or our families, or fulfill God’s plan for our lives, if we did . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/pray-without-ceasing/

The company that repowered my boat offered to issue me credit for the old engines that I replaced. A friend decided he wanted them and offered to buy them for the same price as the credit that the repower company was offering. I agreed and notified the company that I was going to forego the credit and sell them to him. So, he went to pick them up and the props were not on the engines. He was told I received a credit for them . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/go-slow-so-you-look-like-you-know-2/

My prayer list is so long that I can no longer remember all the people for which I’m praying, not to mention the nation and the world that has gone bonkers. Most of my friends seem to take it in stride, but I remember better times and pray for revival daily . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/unheeded-warning/

Revelation 21:1 says, “Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.”There is no reason not to take this literally, that God’s new earth will not contain vast areas of saltwater spanning the globe. Freshwater for sure but no oceans . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/it-will-be-for-the-best/

I went fishing with three longtime friends last Friday and I caught a magnificent African Pompano. Remarkably I caught it on 15 lb. test on a light spinning rod and reel. The fish was in the 50 lb. plus range. and it took me almost an hour to get it in the boat. Every time I would get it beside the boat, off the fish would go stripping out 100 or more yards. My arthritic hands were aching as was my back before I finally got it close enough to gaff . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/what-might-have-been-or-what-is/

Everyone is tempted to do the wrong thing from time to time. How we react to temptation, particularly if we are Christians can make a big difference in our own lives, and as is often the case, will affect other lives as well. The following true story submitted by Robert Davis demonstrates this point well . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/just-testing-2/

The Georgia Bulldogs finally won the National Championship last night against Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide. The last time our team won the National Championship was 40 years ago. It was a dogfight for the first three quarters and then The Dawgs pulled away in the fourth quarter and handily won 33-18 . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/let-the-celebration-begin-2/

Some time back I had a conversation with one of my best friends, Al Cuneo, who along with his son George, diligently take my word document posts and recordings for WFTD each morning and design and put them into the proper format and send them out and archive them into a database. Recently Al and I had a conversation as to who, if anyone, would continue writing Words for the Day after Jesus calls me home. We couldn’t think of anyone, and I suggested that we take the archived library of the past WFTD’s and spend some time on our antiquated website to modernize and employ today’s technology to it including a keyword (s) search for topics of interest . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/always-on-his-mind/

I began writing Words for the Day many years ago because so many of my employees, friends, and acquaintances were experiencing dark trials and tribulation in their lives (just like I was) and I deduced that they needed some encouragement. Many did not seem to study the Bible daily as I did every morning and I decided to begin detailing my daily experiences, thoughts, questions, discouragements, encouragements, etc. as they related to the answers that I found in the Bible . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/finding-light-when-darkness-comes/

I have a rather tough assignment due to one of my New Year’s resolutions. I have decided that my warped sense of humor must go the way of the dinosaur and die. When it comes to chiding people, I can use my rapier wit to slice through the thickest bone with ease. Mind you I only engage in this folly with the people that I love the most in life, and they give it right back to me, and for the most part, it is merely viewed as good fun and banter. But I just don’t feel it is what Jesus wants me to do . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2022/01/the-death-of-a-dinosaur/