The word for today

His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 

By these he has given us very great and precious promises, 

so that through them you may share in the divine nature, 

escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. 

For this very reason, 

make every effort 

to supplement your faith with goodness, 

goodness with knowledge, 

knowledge with self-control, 

self-control with endurance, 

endurance with godliness, 

godliness with brotherly affection, 

and brotherly affection with love. 

For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, 

they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins. 

Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, 

because if you do these things you will never stumble. 

For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.

-2 Peter 1:3-11

The Lord is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation.

This is my God, and I will praise him,

my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

-Exodus 15:2

Blessed are those whose strength is in you,

    in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

As they go through the Valley of Baca

    they make it a place of springs;

    the early rain also covers it with pools.

They go from strength to strength;

    each one appears before God in Zion.

-Psalm 84:5-7

Jacob, why do you say,

and Israel, why do you assert,

“My way is hidden from the Lord,

and my claim is ignored by my God”?

Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the whole earth.

He never becomes faint or weary;

there is no limit to his understanding.

He gives strength to the faint

and strengthens the powerless.

Youths may become faint and weary,

and young men stumble and fall,

but those who trust in the Lord

will renew their strength;

they will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not become weary,

they will walk and not faint.

-Isaiah 40:27-31