The Word for Today
Daily Devotions from author’s Bob and Debby Gass.
About The Devotional
The Word for Today is a daily devotional that has swept the world over the last 10 years. It is not intended to be an in depth daily Bible study but rather a daily reading that deals with the issues we all face from a Biblical perspective.
There’s something incredibly impacting about those words… ‘The Word for Today’. People around the world would seem to agree. The late author Bob Gass (1944-2019) wrote this unique devotional for a many years – even writing enough content to extend well after his journey to glory – and it is available via all UCB affiliated radio stations around the world.
Read for a moment what people have been saying:
‘I was encouraged by the Word 4U 2day to become a Christian and I used the back page to help me, it was the best decision I have ever made.’
‘It’s great to wake up and read it each morning, it kick starts my day with a boost! It also helps me to do things differently from the normal choices or actions which I would have previously taken.’
‘This evening I tuned into the wordismusic website, I think it’s really good and you play some amazing songs. UCB is a great organisation, I have been encouraging my friends to read the Word 4U 2day. At school we often talk about our thoughts on the daily reading and some of our non Christian friends want to know what it is and why we read it. Once we get started they wish they’d never asked!’
‘So thank you for changing my life. God Bless you all.’
MZ – Aged 15 United Kingdom – sent by email
…”UCB is a great organisation, I have been encouraging my friends to read the Word 4U 2day. At school we often talk about our thoughts on the daily reading”
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Peace will guard your mind
Wise people never make important decisions when they are in a tense emotional state. When Elijah found out that Queen Jezebel was after him, he was ready to give up his role as a prophet and die. So, God gave him forty days of rest, prayer, and recovery, before he decided what his next steps would be. He was now ready to decide on the basis of his faith in God, and not his fear of Jezebel. And his decision was very different at the end of forty days of rest than it would have been before he rested.
You’ve probably seen people make terrible decisions when they were drained, tired, discouraged, and afraid, which they would never have made otherwise. Generally speaking, you won’t choose the right course of action when you’re in the wrong frame of mind. When you have an important decision to make, sometimes the wisest thing you can do is—wait until you’re rested. An anxious mind in an exhausted body can lead to a terrible decision.
The Bible says: ‘Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.’ (Philippians 4:6–7 NKJV) Notice what the peace of God does for you. It will guard your mind. From what? Acting impulsively, acting selfishly, or acting maliciously. Acting in any way that will result in loss rather than gain—and regret rather than joy.
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About the author.
Robert (Bob) Gass (1944-2019) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His father died when he was 12 and his mother was left to rear him, his brother Neil and sister Ruth on a government pension. His mother was very influential on his life, encouraging him to attend church as often as possible. ‘She came into the Kingdom at a hundred miles an hour,’ Bob says, ‘and never slowed down.’ By the time he was 12, his heroes were not movie stars or sports celebrities but men and women of God. At this time, Bob gave his life to Christ.
He preached his first sermon at 13, writing it out in a school exercise book. As he began, so he has continued – even today, Bob writes out each reading for The Word for Today longhand in a yellow legal pad. He was fortunate as a teenager to have Gordon Magee as his mentor who offered, when he moved from Ireland to the United States, to pay for Bob’s passage to America. A few weeks before his eighteenth birthday, Bob arrived in Houston with two sermons in a briefcase and 25 cents in his pocket. Magee asked his friends across the US to give Bob opportunities to preach and for many years gave him constructive criticism of his sermons.
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