“The Lᴏʀᴅ is with you, you mighty man of valor!” Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the Lᴏʀᴅ is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about … But now the Lᴏʀᴅ has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.” Judges 6:12–13 ɴᴋᴊᴠ God chooses His instruments carefully and uses His own standards in doing so. One criterion He uses is whether a servant considers not only himself but the whole company of God’s people among whom God has placed him. Gideon is an outstanding example of this. Gideon is told, “The Lᴏʀᴅ is with you, you mighty man of valor!” He immediately responds, “If the Lᴏʀᴅ is with us, why then has all this happened to us?” While alone in the winepress, away from his people, Gideon’s heart was occupied with them, not with himself. He had doubtless heard the Lord’s rebuke through the prophet and had been giving serious thought to it. How could the Lord be with him and not with His people? Why was the Lord not doing miracles like He had done when He brought Israel up out of Egypt? Why? Why? Surely the Lord must have forsaken His people! The Lord appreciates a person who thinks like this. Believers today too are more than mere individuals. As Christians we are members of the body of Christ, of the bride of Christ, of the house of God. Each believer today should realize that he or she is a small part of the Church of the Living God, and is affected by the ruin that has come into it through human unfaithfulness. Weak as he felt he was, Gideon was told, “Go in this might of yours … Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites” (vv. 14, 16). May the Lord find us of like mind, usable for Him! Eugene P. Vedder, Jr. Sing aloud to God our strength; He is with us where we go;Fear we not the journey’s length, Fear we not the mighty foe. T. Kelly https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-17

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 17 août 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. God drew a circular horizon on the face of the waters, at the boundary of light and darkness. (Job 26:10) The earth – ingeniously protected Water is essential for life as we know it. Water can be found everywhere on earth. Clouds carry it there, sometimes it rains or snows, other times fog carries it; even in deserts, dew falls.  On earth, there are 1.4 billion cubic kilometres of water in an endless cycle. Only 0.0001 percent of it exists as water vapour in the atmosphere. To ensure that none of this precious resource is lost, there is a kind of built-in vapour barrier above us. When water evaporates and rises, it freezes into ice crystals. These crystals then fall back down due to gravity.  This process prevents water from evaporating into space, and thus maintains a temperate planet, suited to the continuation of life.  Additionally, we have our atmosphere. If there were neither an earth atmosphere nor an earth magnetosphere, we would be constantly exposed to x-rays, bombarded by solar wind, and hit by meteorites. Life would be exterminated, and the planet earth uninhabitable. However, as it is, the earth travels through the solar system at supersonic speed, protected by the ozone layer and the atmosphere.  I must confess, I lack the belief that all of this could have happened randomly and gradually formed, so perfectly and beautifully. No – God “drew a circular horizon” and formed the atmosphere and the horizon on earth. And into the universe, He placed lights “for signs and seasons, and for days and years”.  With David, I say, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork” (Genesis 1:14; Psalm 19:1). Today’s reading: Joshua 17:1-18 – 1 Corinthians 14:1-12

As they said these things, Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, “Peace to you.” Luke 24:36 ɴᴋᴊᴠ The disciples were gathered together in Jerusalem on that day talking of His resurrection. He greeted them with that blessed salutation, “Peace to you.” For theirs was to be a mission of peace, and if they were to prosecute it rightly they must be filled with and kept in peace. With a quiet and matchless dignity, He convinces them as to the reality of His resurrection, assures them that it is Himself and none other who stands before them, and opens their understanding as to the teaching of all Scripture concerning Himself. It was this teaching as to Himself that was to prepare them for the mission and to maintain them in peace in it. Out of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms, He showed them God’s plan and His glory (Lk. 24:44–45). Their fears, then, that all they had hoped for was lost, were altogether groundless, for in Him, their risen Lord, everything that God had purposed was secured. And further, though it was not then declared to them, they afterwards learned that in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and that they were complete in Him (Col. 2:9–10). All the resources of God were in Him for them, and there was not a power in the universe that could intercept those resources. Brethren in Christ, are we conscious that our Lord is such a glorious Lord, Center, Leader, and Head for His servants? Those who are in the knowledge of this will fear no foe, for all the foes are defeated, as His resurrection is witness; they will dread no lack, for all the mighty fullness of God is at their disposal in Him. His presence in the midst of those disciples made them one: one in heart, object, and purpose. For what place could divergent views and selfish aspirations find in the presence of their glorious risen Lord? J. T. Mawson https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-16

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 16 août 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. (Matthew 17:8) Seeing only Christ The Lord Jesus went up on a high mountain with Peter, James and John. There, He showed them His glory as a preview of the future kingdom. Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Christ (Matthew 17:1-8). The disciples were impressed when they recognised these devoted men of faith. Immediately, Peter had an idea: “If You wish, let us make here three tabernacles, one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” Hardly had he finished speaking when a voice came from the bright cloud that overshadowed them: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!”  With these words, God the Father redirected the disciples’ focus to the Lord Jesus. They were to recognise that He is the beloved Son of the Father, the One in whom the Father always delights. When the disciples heard the voice, they fell on their faces and were afraid. Later, they opened their eyes again. They saw only Jesus – Him alone!  This is precisely what God the Father also wants to achieve today with all believers. For example, when we are gathered for the breaking of bread, He directs our thoughts to His beloved Son. He shows us what this One means to Him. Everything else should fade into the background so that we only see and admire the Lord Jesus. Then we will praise and worship the Father and the Son from the bottom of our hearts.  “We shall see Him as He is.” (1 John 3:2) Today’s reading: Joshua 15:20-16:10 – 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

The mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 2 Thessalonians 2:7–8 ɴᴋᴊᴠ The apostle Paul expressed his joy in writing his beloved brethren at Thessalonica because their faith was growing exceedingly, evidenced by their love for each other. He takes this occasion to warn them of the dangerous false teaching being circulated about the Day of the Lord—the time when righteous judgment will come upon the ungodly. Lawlessness, or iniquity, was already working in its secret or mystery form in the apostle’s day. There was an attempt to undermine the truth and unsettle the saints at Thessalonica by trying to persuade them that the Day of the Lord had already come. Paul assures them, however, that their present sufferings at the hands of unrighteous men were not the Day of the Lord. After the true Church of God has entered its rest at the Rapture, then the unrighteous ones left behind will suffer God’s just judgment. After the saints are caught away at the Rapture, restraint will be removed and lawlessness will come in like a flood. Then the “lawless one” will be revealed, exalting himself as God, sitting in the temple of God, and assuming to be God (2 Th. 2:3). This is the climax of evil summed up in one man, the man of sin, “whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” As we see this day of lawlessness approaching, we are comforted by these words: “We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth … Therefore, brethren, stand fast” (2 Th. 2:13, 15). Jacob Redekop https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-15

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 15 août 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not. (Exodus 16:4) Food in the wilderness The Israelites had left Egypt and had been commanded by the Lᴏʀᴅ to go into the wilderness. In this inhospitable place there was no food. What were they to eat there?  In a spiritual sense, this also applies to us believers. We have been saved and now follow the Lord Jesus. For us to advance daily in faith, our new life needs to be nourished. We have to learn that we can find nothing in the world that strengthens and builds us up inwardly.  When the Israelites thought they would starve in the wilderness, God gave them manna. Every morning, He caused bread to rain down from heaven. They only had to go out and gather a daily portion of food.  God also provides spiritual food for us which nourishes our faith. In the Bible, He presents to us the Lord Jesus, who said of Himself, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger” (John 6:35). The Son of God, who came down from heaven as a man, is the nourishment for our new life.  When we – ideally every day – read the Bible, we find there the unique person of the Lord Jesus described and how He lived on earth to the delight of God. He is our perfect example. The more we “nourish” ourselves with Him, the more strength and endurance we receive to live as God pleases. Today’s reading: Joshua 15:1-19 – 1 Corinthians 12:14-31

I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. Acts 24:16 ɴᴋᴊᴠ Uprightness, integrity, straight dealing before God and man: these are the essential things without which religious talk, eloquent prayers, and attendance at church or meeting are valueless. It is not that a Christian cannot make mistakes, or fall short of the ideal. If you are looking for faultless men and women, you had better go to the heavenly land right away, for you will never find them here. But if a true Christian blunders, he will instantly own up to it. He never forgets that moral integrity is greater than intellectual eminence. Indeed, Paul reminds us that the possession of outstanding academic gifts, without that love which is the end of the commandment turns a man into a thing that merely makes a noise (1 Cor. 13:1–2). It should be the lifelong aim of every Christian to possess an uncondemning heart and to have a reputation for honest dealings in the affairs of life. If you are an employer, you will delight to give good wages; if you are an employee you will find pleasure in giving good service. The question has been asked, “Why are most rivers crooked?” And the reply is given, “A river becomes crooked when it follows the line of least resistance.” There will come times in your experience when it will be necessary to say “No,” and there is tremendous power in that little word when it is spoken resolutely and courageously. It has often been like a giant rock by the sea, as it has encountered and hurled back the mighty waves of temptation. Religious freedom is disappearing from the earth; and, even in our own favored lands, the time may come when unbending fidelity will cost us our lives. Should such a privilege be accorded us, pray that we may be brave and stand firm. G. Henderson https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-14

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 14 août 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Oh, give thanks to the Lᴏʀᴅ, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. (Psalm 107:1) God is good! We find many passages in the Bible that speak of the goodness of God. They encourage us to walk the path of faith with Him every day.  – Awareness of God’s goodness prompts us to seek help and protection from Him. “How precious is your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of man put their trust under the shadow of Your wings” (Psalm 36:7).  – When we have stumbled, God’s goodness leads us to repentance and confession: “For You, Lᴏʀᴅ, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You” (Psalm 86:5).  – God’s goodness encourages us to pray to Him and present our concerns to Him: “But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lᴏʀᴅ, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, hear me in the truth of Your salvation” (Psalm 69:13).  – Because we know that God is good, we desire to live in reverence toward Him: “For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him” (Psalm 103:11).  – God’s goodness remains even when human supports fail: “For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed, says the Lᴏʀᴅ, who has mercy on you” (Isaiah 54:10).  – Until we reach our destination, we can rely daily on the goodness of our faithful God: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lᴏʀᴅ forever” (Psalm 23:6). Today’s reading: Joshua 14:1-15 – 1 Corinthians 12:1-13

You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. 2 Corinthians 3:2–3 ɴᴋᴊᴠ Divine glory shines for us in Christ. It is the glory of the only-begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father, but a glory which now shines out for us from the face of a Man passed into the heavens. In Him we are brought near to God. In Him we know God. He has descended into the darkness which hid from us the face of God; He has dispelled it forever. He has revealed the holiness and the tenderness of divine love. We know God, and are known of Him. We are His, and He is ours. We carry this knowledge with us through the world. It is our competency for testimony in the world. It is not a testimony to ourselves, but to Him. We are the epistle of Christ read and known of all men. And this is not responsibility only, but competency, for the epistle is not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on fleshy tablets of the heart. The light that has shone in shines out again. No matter what it shines on, it is easy enough to tell where the light is shining. The moon, as a type of us, is a ruin; but bathed in the sun’s brilliance, she can reflect it to us. “You are an epistle of Christ,” says the apostle not “epistles.” Individually I could be an epistle of Christ, but it takes the whole Church to make the “epistle of Christ.” Then, as little as the world could contain all the sun rays, or the moon reflect the full brightness of the sun, so little could even this fitly represent Him. Yet a warm and bright spot can be made, nevertheless, with but a few of His beams. F. W. Grant https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-13

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 13 août 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction. (Matthew 7:13) With an illustration, the Lord Jesus shows that every person faces a decision:  1. We can enter through the narrow gate. Then we come to the narrow path that leads to life. In John 10:9, the Saviour speaks of Himself: “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved.” Through personal faith in Him, we use this entrance to the way of life. Why is the gate narrow? Because it is necessary for us to acknowledge our guilt before God and believe in the Saviour who died for us on the cross. Only in this way can we enter through the gate and be saved. Yet this is precisely what we find difficult. We pride ourselves on our supposed righteousness and want to earn God’s approval ourselves. But that’s impossible.  Entering through the narrow gate requires us to repent and accept God’s grace. When we take this step, we receive complete salvation and eternal happiness.  1. Unfortunately, we can also go through the wide gate that lies invitingly before us. It corresponds to the unbeliever’s ideas of fulfilment and self-redemption. This entrance leads to the broad way that ends in destruction. Entering through the wide gate costs us nothing. However, the consequences of this decision are severe: we are lost forever.  “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” (Proverbs 16:25) Today’s reading: Joshua 13:15-33 – 1 Corinthians 11:20-34

Who are Israelites, to whom pertain … the giving of the law. Romans 9:4 ɴᴋᴊᴠ Israel was a nation and a people who were under the Law of God. It was given to them by God through Moses, who was their mediator, as well as through angelic mediation (Gal. 3:19; Ex. 19–20; 34:1–9). This was a privilege only they had. Other nations had their laws and national constitutions, but they were man-made. Not so for Israel! The apostle Paul mentioned this privilege earlier in the Epistle to the Romans when he wrote, “What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision? Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God” (Rom. 3:1–2). The “oracles of God” were the Old Testament Scriptures, and in particular, the books of Moses: the Law. Israel had an advantage over other nations in that they had written, inspired communications from the living God, a wonderful privilege. These oracles showed them how to conduct their nation and order their personal lives. But herein lay the problem: “the carnal mind,” or the flesh, “is not subject to the law of God” (8:7). In fact, one of the purposes of the law was to show man that he is a sinner (4:15; 5:20; 7:7, 13; Gal. 3:19–24). Israel was the “test case” to prove this. Their history revealed continual insubjection to God’s law. Righteousness could not come through the law (Rom. 10:4), only through faith in God’s provision of grace in Christ. This is important to understand because some teach we are under the law. It is said, “We are not under law for justification but are for sanctification.” However, we have died to the law and spiritual fruit comes, not through the law or legalism, but through the Spirit of God (6:14; 7:6; 2 Cor. 3:18). May we ever appreciate what Christ—who died under the curse of the law—has wrought for us who believe! Amen. Brian Reynolds https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-12

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 12 August 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son. … And they began to be merry. (Luke 15:21, 24) Repentance – Conversion – Confession (3) Two days ago, we discussed repentance; yesterday, we talked about conversion. Now comes confession. The young man comes to his father and is accepted by him. It is glorious to see how the father accepts the downcast son. God doesn’t make it difficult for the sinner who comes to Him!  But nevertheless the son confesses, and that is necessary. How does he confess? Firstly, he asks for forgiveness for what he has done wrong (“I have sinned”), and secondly, he acknowledges that he is “no longer worthy”.  He admits, in effect, “I have sinned, and I am a sinner”. Such a confession is necessary to accept the Lord Jesus in faith.  The Apostle John writes about this: “If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Upon our confession, God forgives us completely.  We also see this complete forgiveness of God in the parable: The father doesn’t make the young man his hired servant but wants him back as a son. This is confirmed, among other things, by the fact that the best robe is brought for the son and he is to wear a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. Then the father orders that a fattened calf should be slaughtered to joyfully celebrate the son’s return.  When we believe in Jesus Christ by repenting, turning to God, and confessing our guilt, indescribable joy enters us. Then we are happy people because we live in fellowship with God, our Father. Today’s reading: Joshua 13:1-14 – 1 Corinthians 11:1-19

And he arose and came to his father. For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. Luke 15:20; 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Yesterday, we saw that repentance is part of faith in Jesus Christ. It‘s an inner change of mind, a rethinking about God and about myself. After his change of mind, the young man in the parable of the prodigal son resolves, “I will arise and go to my father”. And he doesn’t stop at this resolution but puts it into action: he indeed rises and goes to his father. When the Bible speaks of conversion, it means this literal turning to God. Repentance has to do with our hearts: we think differently in our hearts when we repent. Conversion, on the other hand, has to do with our feet. In conversion, we – figuratively speaking – change the direction in which we are heading, and this becomes evident in our lives. Regarding the Christians in Thessalonica, it is said that they turned from idols “to serve the living and true God”. This example shows us what conversion is: on one side, the idols; on the other side, the living and true God. Idols are goals, desires, hobbies, friendships or things to which my heart clings and which hinder me from living entirely for God. And now I turn away from the idols and turn to the living and true God. Previously, I was on a path of life that led me away from God. Now I turn to God. I go a completely different way. I make a U-turn of 180 degrees. That is conversion. (to be concluded tomorrow) Today’s reading: Joshua 12:1-24 · 1 Corinthians 10:23-33 https://gbv-online.org/calendar/262/date/2026-08-11

You shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children … that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied … like the days of the heavens above the earth. Deuteronomy 11:18–19, 21 ɴᴋᴊᴠ The Israelite’s heart, soul, and might—spirit, soul and body—are involved as he passes the baton of the truth to his children, having his personal life and his home serve as a reflection of what the Word says, as in Deuteronomy 6. The purpose or the result of this obedience—or both—is long life for himself and his children. This life has the added quality of “the days of the heavens.” Note that the things that characterize the earth do not characterize heaven. For the believer, this promise speaks of a superlative spiritual prosperity. Thankfully, the Word of God describes its richness. As we, who are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies according to the will of God, live in those blessings and pass them on to our children—both biological and in the faith—we begin to find increasingly an enjoyment of our heavenly portion. Our hearts and souls are brought to a sphere of things wholly different in character. It is vital that our actions should be brought into consonance with the things of that sphere. The result is enjoyment of heavenly things, having “days of the heavens” while in the midst of earthly things. We live lives of heaven while surrounded by carnal attitudes and behaviors, replicating the life of Christ upon this earth by the power of the Spirit. Does the Word of God, do the promises of God, do the blessings of God so fill my heart and soul that my actions reflect a totally willing submission to God and the things of God? Only then will I begin to experience my days as “the days of the heavens above the earth.” Hadley Hall https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-11

There is one body and one Spirit. Ephesians 4:4 ɴᴋᴊᴠ Do you heartily believe, upon divine authority, in the doctrine of the unity of the body of Christ? Do you believe that there is such a body on this earth now, united to its divine and living Head in heaven by the Holy Spirit? Do you hold this great truth from God Himself, upon the authority of Holy Scripture? Do you hold as a cardinal and fundamental truth of the New Testament the indissoluble unity of the Church of God? Do not turn round and ask, “Where is this to be seen?” This is the question which unbelief must ever put, as the eye rests upon Christendom’s numberless sects and parties, and to which faith replies, as the eye rests upon that imperishable sentence, “There is one body and one Spirit.” Mark the words: “There is”! It does not say there was at one time and there shall be again “one body.” Neither does it say that such a thing exists in heaven. No, but it says, “There is one body and one Spirit” now on this earth. Can this truth be touched by the condition of things in the professing Church? Has God’s Word ceased to be true because man has ceased to be faithful? Will anyone undertake to say that the unity of the body was only a truth for apostolic times, and that it has no application now, seeing that there is no exhibition of it? Is it on appearances that faith ever builds? Did Elijah build on appearances when he erected his altar of twelve stones? Did Josiah build on appearances when he carried his reformatory operations into all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel? Surely not! They built upon the faithful Word of the God of Israel. That Word was true whether Israel’s tribes were scattered or united. If God’s truth is to be affected by outward appearances, then where are we? The fact is, there is hardly a truth in the entire compass of divine revelation to which we could with calm confidence commit our souls if we suffer ourselves to be affected by outward appearances. C. H. Mackintosh https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-10

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 10 août 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. But when he came to himself, he said, how many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! (Luke 15:17) Repentance – Conversion – Confession (1) How can a person be saved for eternity? The Bible’s answer is: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). This faith in Christ involves three points: repentance, conversion and confession. A story in the New Testament helps us understand these three terms. It is the story of the prodigal son: A young man asks his father to give him his share of the inheritance and then leaves home. After squandering all his wealth in a reckless life, he ends up penniless, hungry and lonely “among the pigs”.  But then the young man “came to himself”: he began to think differently, no longer lashing out but reflecting inwardly; he repented.  Before, he thought, “As far away from my father as possible, that will be the best life ever – a life of revelry and luxury.” But now he sits among the pigs and suddenly thinks differently about his father and himself. Before, his thought was, “I can’t stand being with my father anymore. What a restriction! I need freedom! I want to enjoy my life!” Now he thinks, “Actually, it wasn’t so bad with my father. Even my father’s hired servants have it better than I do here. It was a mistake to leave my father.”  Repentance, therefore, means that I change my mind; I think differently about God and about myself. (to be continued tomorrow) Today’s reading: Joshua 11:12-23 – 1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. Psalm 69:14 ɴᴋᴊᴠ How little do we enter into or understand the depths of the agony of the Lord Jesus when He was made an offering for sin on the cross of Calvary. In the New Testament we do not find such expressions of agony at the time of His crucifixion as we find here in Psalm 69. We are greatly indebted to the Old Testament, which provides some glimpses into the sorrow and anguish that deeply pressed upon His soul as He was being subjected, not only to the bitter and cruel persecutions of men, but to God’s unabated judgment on account of our sins. Crying out to God in the midst of His sufferings, He asks to be delivered out of the mire—the mire of our sins for which He died. He also asks to be delivered from those who hate Him and out of the deep waters. Certainly He felt the vicious cruelty of His enemies who were persecuting Him at the very time that God was judging Him for our sins. It was this judgment of God that brought forth the “deep waters.” We read that He “offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears” (Heb. 5:7), and He was heard. His sacrifice was fully accepted. God heard Him and delivered Him, raising Him from the dead and setting Him at His own right hand in glory. The mire of our sins can never touch Him again, for He has fully atoned for all of our sins. Those who hate Him were totally defeated and can never again have any power over Him. And what about the deepness of those waters? Although at one time He sank in them, bearing the agony of the excruciating judgment of God, this can never be repeated. The Lord Jesus has fully exhausted the righteous judgment of God and is rewarded for eternity with glory infinitely higher than any other could ever have. L. M. Grant https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-09

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 9 août 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days. (Psalm 102:24) The Lord Jesus felt deeply the knowledge that He was going to die as a young man. He prophetically expresses this distress in the today’s verse: “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days”! How painful it was for Him to have to die at the zenith of life.  Again in the Psalms, we read of the “midst of days”. In Psalm 55:23, we read: “Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days.” There were people back then who were taken from life early because they shed the blood of others. They did not reach half of the 70 years that Moses once stated as the usual life expectancy (Psalm 90:10).  Thus, Christ had to experience what the righteous God had prepared for people of violence and lies, for He died at the age of about 33 years. His life was shortened, although He had done only good to others and had spoken only the truth.  The Lord Jesus was willing to die as a young man because He wanted to accomplish the work of redemption on the cross and thus save us from divine judgment. Eternal thanks be to Him for giving His life for us!  However, Christ did not remain in the grave. Because He was perfect in His life and in His death, God raised Him from the dead. How we rejoice that He lives forever as the Risen One! Today’s reading: Joshua 11:1-11 – 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. Luke 24:21 ɴᴋᴊᴠ These followers of Christ had put their hope in the Lord, but that hope was based on their own way of thinking. No doubt they were looking for an immediate deliverance from the Roman tyranny. It is important for us to remember that God’s ways and thoughts are far beyond ours. Isaiah reminds us, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways … For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts” (Isa. 55:8–9). But it is good to put our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ. He Himself is our hope (1 Tim. 1:1). And we are looking for the blessed hope of His return (1 Th. 4:13–18; Tit. 2:11–14). This hope ought to have an impact on our daily lives as we wait: “We know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure” (1 Jn. 3:2–4). The words of the disciples on the road, “we were hoping,” indicated a hopelessness. They thought their hope was gone; they had lost sight of the promises the Lord had made to them. Thankfully that did not remain the case (Lk. 24:28–32)! It is easy for us to do the same when our attention is on what we think or feel and not upon the solid foundation of the Word of the Lord! The psalmist reminds us to hope in God (Ps. 42:5); Paul says our God is “the God of hope” (Rom. 15:13). We have a hope—steadfast and sure! Tim Hadley, Sr. In hope we lift our wishful, longing eyes,Waiting to see the Morning Star arise;How bright, how gladsome will His advent be,Before the Sun shines forth in majesty! J. G. Deck https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-08

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 8 August 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. We are members of one another. (Ephesians 4:25) Helping each other Every believer belongs to the church of God and is a member of the body of Christ. In this organism, there is a living connection to Christ in heaven and with each other. Due to our failures, this unity of all believers is scarcely visible. Nevertheless, it remains and should shape our behaviour towards one another. Because we are members of one another, we should care for each other. Many Bible verses make clear what this means:  – “Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love” (Romans 12:10).  – “Receive one another, just as Christ also received us” (Romans 15:7).  – “Through love serve one another” (Galatians 5:13).  – “Bear one another’s burdens” (Galatians 6:2).  – “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32).  – “Fulfil my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind” (Philippians 2:2).  – “But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another” (1 Thessalonians 4:9).  – “Therefore comfort each and edify one another, other and build one another up, just as you also are doing” (1 Thessalonians 5:11).  – “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works” (Hebrews 10:24).  – “Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility” (1 Peter 5:5). Today’s reading: Joshua 10:28-43 – 1 Corinthians 9:16-27

Behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age. Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus alone. Matthew 28:20 ᴊɴᴅ; Matthew 17:8 ᴊɴᴅ Jesus was about to ascend to heaven, but all His thoughts were on the pilgrim Church which He was about to leave behind. He seems to be saying, I am going to the presence of My Father in heaven, but, nevertheless, I am with you always! John, the apostle who had leaned on His bosom, spoke with emphasis about the Lord who was absent, “Our fellowship is indeed with … Jesus Christ” (1 Jn. 1:3). Amid so much that is fleeting in this world, how reassuring it is to know that the Savior is always with us, to know that, if I am indeed a child of God, there is not a single instant when I am without the guardianship of the Lord Jesus! His is no fitful companionship—present in prosperity, gone in adversity. He is with us in sickness and solitude, in joy and in adversity, in life and in death. Are you troubled and tempted? Do dark providences and severe afflictions seem to belie the truth of the reality of His gracious assurances? Be assured that He has some faithful end in view. By the removal of prized and cherished props and refuges, He would unfold more and more of His own tenderness. Amid the wreck and ruin of earthly joys, which, it may be, the grave has hidden from your sight, One nearer, dearer, tenderer still would have you say of Himself, “The Lᴏʀᴅ liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted” (Ps. 18:46 ᴋᴊᴠ). The believer of today can exclaim, “Thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ” (2 Cor. 2:14). This is especially true when we are stripped of all competing objects of creature attention and left with “Jesus alone.” J. R. MacDuff https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-07

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 7 août 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name. (John 1:12) How can we become children of God? The Bible gives a twofold answer to this question: It happens through personal faith in the Lord Jesus and through the new birth that God works in me.  The first part of the answer is shown to me in today’s verse. When I receive the Son of God, I accept His judgment about me and my life. In other words, I repent and see myself as God sees me. I acknowledge my sins and know that I am lost. Added to this is personal faith in the name, that is, in the person of the Lord Jesus. I believe that He is the eternal Son of God and became a sinless man. I also believe that He is the Saviour of the world who gave His life on the cross to save me.  The second part of the answer I find in the next verse: “… who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:13). God brings about the new birth in me through His Word and His Spirit. He gives me eternal, divine life. Just as through natural birth I became a child of my parents, so I am a child of God because I am born of God and now possess His life.  From this springs a great blessing for me: I know God as my Father, have a personal relationship with Him, and know myself loved by Him. Today’s reading: Joshua 10:12-27 – 1 Corinthians 9:1-15

The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel … Whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would … encamp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel … they would enter the land to destroy it. So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites. Judges 6:2–6 ɴᴋᴊᴠ Israel had done evil in the sight of the Lord, and He had delivered them into the hand of enemy peoples. While Midian is the main enemy here, we note that they are joined by Amalekites and the people of the East. Satan has many arrows in his quiver, as it were, and seldom uses only one of them against believers. Notice too how thorough their attack was. They came from east of the Jordan River, even east of the land given to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh. They passed through the entire land to Gaza, a Philistine city on the Mediterranean Sea still well-known today as the main city in the Gaza Strip. What did these enemies do? They destroyed the produce of the earth leaving no sustenance for Israel. They entered the land to destroy it, greatly impoverishing Israel. God does not present these enemies as enjoying or even using Israel’s food supply for themselves, but rather as deliberately destroying it. This is still the enemy’s tactic today: “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (Jn. 10:10). He robs the Christian of the God-given food for his soul—Christ! He does not appreciate, enjoy, or want for himself what God gives the Christian for his daily food. How can he appreciate Christ? How can he appreciate the Bible which speaks of Christ in His loveliness and worth? Impossible! The forces of Satan will ever seek to deprive Christians of that which will strengthen them. Eugene P. Vedder, Jr. https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-08-06

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 6 août 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Continue earnestly in prayer. (Colossians 4:2) My questions wouldn’t let me go (2) A young Bengali had gone to a church to find answers to his questions. He continues his account:  I thought to myself: This speaker in the church is telling my story. That’s why I immediately ran to him after the service and asked him:  “How do you know my life story?”  My conversation partner was somewhat taken aback, but then he said: “Now I understand why God didn’t allow me to deliver the message I had prepared. It was as if an inner voice was saying to me, ‘Do not deliver this message, but rather talk about the life of Joseph.’ This thought came to me three times, and eventually, I obeyed. Now I understand that it was about you. God has led you this far so that you may come to know Him.”  Afterwards, we spent two hours discussing the questions that troubled me. In the course of this conversation, it became clear to me that Jesus was the answer to my questions. He came into our world to save us from our meaninglessness and despair, from our loneliness and rejection by others and, above all, from our sins.  That same evening, I prayed to Jesus and accepted Him as my Saviour. Later, I was expelled from my parents’ home, but the Lord is faithful. He did not leave me. I have continually prayed for opportunities to introduce my parents and siblings to the gospel. And one by one, they have all come to Christ. Pintu Hossain Today’s reading: Joshua 10:1-11 – 1 Corinthians 8:9-13