… praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, … Ephesians 6:18 Prayer is the heavenly haven where we shelter from the storms of life.Because God is the living God, He can hear; because He is the loving God, He wants to hear.God bends down from the height of His glory to listen to my prayers. He is like a gentle physician or a loving friend who leans over the sick person to understand every weak whisper. If our prayer is so weak that we can barely hear it ourselves, God still inclines His ear to us and pays attention to our faintest plea.We should not expect that God will give us everything we ask for. But if we pray in faith and do not doubt, and if we do not receive exactly what we meant, we will receive something better instead.No matter how much or how greatly we have sinned, we may always plead for forgiveness and expect it to be granted to us.You are never richer than when you place everything you have in the hand of the Lord.Our heavenly Father has His special reasons when He makes us wait.Your prayers are all stored up in heaven. Even if they are not immediately answered, they are not forgotten. (C. H. Spurgeon, 1834–1892) Today’s reading: 1 Chronicles 2:1-55 · Psalms 78:65-72 https://gbv-online.org/calendar/262/date/2026-10-06

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 6 octobre 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. … praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, … (Ephesians 6:18) Prayer – Prayer is the heavenly haven where we shelter from the storms of life.  – Because God is the living God, He can hear; because He is the loving God, He wants to hear.  – God bends down from the height of His glory to listen to my prayers. He is like a gentle physician or a loving friend who leans over the sick person to understand every weak whisper. If our prayer is so weak that we can barely hear it ourselves, God still inclines His ear to us and pays attention to our faintest plea.  – We should not expect that God will give us everything we ask for. But if we pray in faith and do not doubt, and if we do not receive exactly what we meant, we will receive something better instead.  – No matter how much or how greatly we have sinned, we may always plead for forgiveness and expect it to be granted to us.  – You are never richer than when you place everything you have in the hand of the Lord.  – Our heavenly Father has His special reasons when He makes us wait.  – Your prayers are all stored up in heaven. Even if they are not immediately answered, they are not forgotten.   (C. H. Spurgeon , 1834-1892 ) Today’s reading: 1 Chronicles 2:1-55 – Psalms 78:65-72

His divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that has called us. 2 Peter 1:3 ᴊɴᴅ How much we can thank God that we have His precious Word, and His Spirit who is with us eternally, so that we can be built up on our most holy faith, the Spirit of God using the Word to teach us and make us know and understand the things that have been freely given to us of God. The benefit we have of God’s Word and the enlightening of His Spirit is unspeakable. It is through this knowledge, “the knowledge of Him that has called us by glory and virtue,” that “His divine power has given to us all things which relate to life and godliness” (2 Pet. 1:3). And not only that, but God has also “given to us the greatest and precious promises, that through these [we] may become partakers of the divine nature” (v. 4)! What should be our answer to these amazing and glorious things that are ours even now? As the apostle adds, let us with all diligence add to our faith virtue, knowledge, temperance, endurance, godliness, brotherly love, and love. For even if knowledge is indispensable, it is not everything. It is only by adding these things to our faith in a very practical way, and making diligent efforts in this regard, that we are actually gaining true knowledge concerning the blessed person of our Lord Jesus Christ. Why? Because He was perfectly all these things. As we “put on Christ” (Gal. 3:27), as we add these things to our faith, as we gain this practical knowledge of our Lord Jesus, we are more and more being conformed to His image. Very soon we will see the Lord as He is, and “we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 Jn. 3:2). In the meanwhile, God has given us all we need by “the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord” (2 Pet. 1:2). And we find in our Lord Jesus Christ all the resources of grace we need. Let us look up and go on faithfully, for “now is our salvation nearer than when we believed” (Rom. 13:11)! Alexandre Leclerc https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-10-05

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 5 October 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. This is the finger of God! (Exodus 8:19) The finger of God! That’s what the Egyptian magicians said to Pharaoh when God sent a plague of locusts to persuade the mighty ruler to release the people of Israel from slavery.  God is so powerful that He only needs to move His finger to intervene in world events. With His finger, He also wants to demonstrate something, to draw attention to it. Do we understand His signals in our lives? Do you currently have a need, a problem that burdens you? Then remember that God is powerful to come to your aid; creation is the work of His fingers (Psalm 8:3)!  In everything we experience, we also should ask ourselves what God wants to tell us. He knows us inside and out. Sometimes He intends to shake us up, warn us or correct us. Then He sometimes sends us clear signals: an illness, an accident or a mishap. But in all this, He always has loving intentions towards us and wants to draw us closer to Himself.  God speaks to people through plagues, wars, disasters and misfortunes. Quickly, the question arises: Where is God? Why does He allow this? And in doing so, one overlooks entirely that it is the finger of God – God is patient and doesn’t want anyone to perish (see 2 Peter 3:9).  Back to the beginning: How did the king of Egypt react? “But Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the Lᴏʀᴅ had said” (verse 19). How sad! God had to strike the land of Egypt with further plagues until Pharaoh finally let the people go. And in the end, he perished in the Red Sea.  Therefore, let us pay attention to the finger of God! Today’s reading: 1 Chronicles 1:1-54 – Psalms 78:54-64

Then shall the priest command to take … two living and clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop … As for the living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water. Leviticus 14:4, 6 ɴᴋᴊᴠ We would like to consider a few references to the cedar tree. It has been said that if the lion is the king of beasts, the cedar of Lebanon is the king of trees. We will see that the cedar tree reminds us of our Lord Jesus. Our scripture above is the first reference to the cedar tree in the Word of God. Here we consider what it cost the Lord to be able to cleanse us who were spiritual lepers. The clean living bird speaks of Him as the Lord of heaven, the One who came down from heaven. In the cedar wood, we think of His greatness as the Son of God. We think of His majesty and His glory, the Son of the Father, and the Creator. The hyssop was a small plant that “springs out of the wall” (1 Ki. 4:33). If the cedar tree is majestic and grand, the hyssop is lowly. Yet both these plants together set before us our blessed Savior! In the cedar tree we see Him as the “I ᴀᴍ.” In the hyssop we see Him as the One “gentle and lowly of heart.” The scarlet suggests His earthly glories (cf. 2 Sam. 1:24) as the Son of David. As we meditate on His personal glories as the Son of God, His moral glories as the Son of Man, and His earthly glories as the Son of David, we see that the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet all had to be dipped in the blood. Christ, in type, had to go into death to make the leper clean. He had to die in order to make you and me clean! Now He is risen, as seen in the living bird let loose (Lev. 14:7); and we live in Him. May we worship Him! Kevin Quartell https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-10-04

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 4 octobre 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ. (Acts 2:36) Jesus Christ is exalted as Lord For the Lord Jesus, the word from Luke 14:11 applies: “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”  As the eternal Son of God, He became man to live on earth humbly and obediently for God. At the end of His life, He descended even further and humbled Himself unto death on the cross.  God responded to this deep humiliation of the Lord Jesus by raising Him from the dead and taking Him up into heaven. There, He has given Christ the place at His right hand. Through this exaltation, God has made Him Lord and bestowed upon Him the highest authority.  Before leaving the earth, the Lord Jesus said to His disciples, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18). Although this fact is not yet publicly visible, it encourages all who follow and serve the Lord. Because they know that He possesses all power, they desire to testify of Him before others, even if they are mocked or scorned for it.  Soon, God will ensure that Jesus Christ is acknowledged by all as Lord. In Philippians 2:9-11, we read: “Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord”. Today’s reading: Ruth 4:1-22 – Psalms 78:34-53

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matthew 11:28–30 ɴᴋᴊᴠ There was one Man, whom men would not have; that Man was standing as Son of the Father, in the light, with the consciousness of the Father’s eye brightly beaming on Him, and that Man said, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” He alone had the secret of rest, and if there was that divine inexhaustible fullness in Him, all the divine glory being in Him, and we having it revealed to us —for He says, “he who has seen Me has seen the Father”—to whom could He not, and to whom would He not give rest? It is not the question, how much you have to bear, but of the Lord’s eye upon individuals. When He looks on anyone, even if it be a little child who does not yet feel its burden, He sees it and knows all that is connected with conflict. He sees a burden within each, sees everything that is against us. I may be like a ship wrecked between two seas; well, He says, “Come to Me … and I will give you rest.” How can you get away from that word? Is anything beyond His power? It is just there that we get the very essence of the gospel. He goes on: “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me … and you will find rest for your souls.” How was it that Christ found such perfect rest in the midst of all that was against Him? Ever quiet and at home, in the midst of it all, He says, “Learn from Me.” G. V. Wigram Yet in sight of Calvary,Contrite should my spirit be,Rest and holiness there findFashioned like my Savior’s mind. R. C. Chapman https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-10-03

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 3 octobre 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. (John 10:28) In today’s verse, Jesus speaks about people who believe in Him. They have confessed their sins before God and accepted the Lord Jesus as their personal Saviour. As a result, they have become sheep of the good shepherd. They belong to Him. What He assures them of fills their hearts with joy and certainty.  –  “I give them eternal life.” Saved individuals now possess eternal life and will always retain it. Therefore, death has lost its terror for them. It may be a dark gate, but it leads to eternal glory. Yet, this life is not only of endless duration. It is also of the highest quality. All who possess it are in a happy relationship with God. They know Him as their Father who loves them.  –  “They shall never perish.” People who believe in the Lord Jesus possess eternal salvation. Because He bore the punishment for them, they will not face divine judgment. They have experienced the forgiveness of their sins and have been declared righteous by God.  If they sin – which unfortunately can still happen – they grieve their God and Father. But their salvation is never called into question because of it.  –  “Neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.” Believers are eternally secure and sheltered in the hand of the Son of God. No enemy can snatch them from His hand. He will hold onto His own in every situation. Today’s reading: Ruth 3:1-18 – Psalms 78:17-33

As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby. 1 Peter 2:2 ɴᴋᴊᴠ Is not this a passage often misunderstood? Does it mean that we are to be always as babes in Christ returning to the first elements for nourishment? I apprehend this is how many take it. But it is not its force, as a little consideration may suffice to show. There is of course a stage in our life as Christians in which we are necessarily and rightly “babes.” The apostle John addresses himself to such ones in 1 John 2:12. But the Corinthians were rebuked for the continuance of such a state, and to them carnality was the true synonym for its protraction: “I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ” (1 Cor. 3:1). And both here and in the Epistle to the Hebrews the apostle blames them for the necessity they had for “milk.” Here in 1 Peter, the thought is different. The Word itself is milk, the whole of it, and we are to be not simply as babes, but as new-born babes in our desire for it. To a newborn babe what is milk? Its very life, we may say. And such is God’s Word to us, and such is to be its place in our affections. The Word, the whole of it, is that which God has provided for us, and it would be to dishonor it, and Him who gave it, to extract certain elements from it and dismiss the rest as not suitable for food. It is all food, if appropriated as such. The highest and most advanced truths, so-called, do but expand, illustrate, and confirm the gospel itself, than which no truth is more wonderful, deeper, or “higher.” We do not leave the gospel behind as we go on with Scripture, nor even have to turn back to it to find the refreshment it supplies for our souls; but it is the gospel itself that travels on with us, more and more learned, more and more developing itself to us continually. Dirk Bouter https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-10-02

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 2 October 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. (Revelation 3:20) Please do not disturb! I leave my hotel room and walk down the hallway. It’s Sunday morning, just before eight o’clock. On all the doors you can read the sign: “Please do not disturb!”  This little sign inadvertently brings to mind the attitude that many people have towards the Lord Jesus Christ. The Son of God stands before the door of their hearts and asks for entry: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”  Yet, people do not let the Saviour in. They point to the little sign on the door of their hearts: “Please do not disturb!” Why is that? Because they want to continue living as they please, because they do not want to acknowledge their guilt before God.  With this attitude, they miss the opportunity to receive forgiveness of sins and find true fulfilment in life. Isn’t that tragic? Yet the Lord Jesus still stands there and knocks. Whoever opens to Him and receives Him in faith as his Saviour is reconciled with God through confessing his sins. He now knows that all his sins have been forgiven through the death of his Saviour. In this way, he becomes a blessed child of God.  “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believed in His name” (John 1:12). Today’s reading: Ruth 2:1-23 – Psalms 78:1-16

I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Philippians 4:2 ɴᴋᴊᴠ If Euodia and Syntyche could have walked alone, there would have been no collision, no strife. But they were called to walk together, and here was the demand for self-surrender. And be it ever remembered that Christians are not members of a club, of a sect, or of an association; they are members of a body, each connected with all, and all connected by the fact of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit with the risen and glorified Head in heaven. This is an immense truth, and the practical carrying out of it will cost us not only all we have, but all we are. There is no place in all the universe where self will be so pulled to pieces as in the Assembly of God. And is it not well? Is it not a powerful proof of the divine ground on which that Assembly is gathered? Should we not be glad to have our hateful self thus pulled to pieces? Should we run away from those who do it for us? Euodia might lay the blame on Syntyche, and Syntyche on Euodia; the apostle does not raise the question of who was right or who was wrong, but he beseeches both to be “of the same mind in the Lord.” Here lies the divine secret. It is self-surrender. But this must be a real thing. We sometimes pray with fervor to be enabled to trample self in the dust, and the very next moment, if anyone seems to cross our path, self is like a porcupine with all its quills up. This will never do. God will have us be real. Surely we can say with all our weakness and folly, we want to be real—real in everything, and therefore real when we pray for the power of self-surrender. But most assuredly, there is no place where there is a more urgent demand for this lovely grace than in the bosom of the Assembly of God. C. H. Mackintosh https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-10-01

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 1 October 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. They made Him a supper there, and Martha served. (John 12:2) Martha Three incidents in the Bible recount the story of Martha, showing how she makes spiritual progress.  –  Martha criticises (Luke 10:38-42): She has invited the Lord Jesus and the twelve disciples to her house. That involves a lot of work. But her sister Mary just sits at the Lord’s feet and listens to Him. Martha gets upset about this. Thus, serving the guests becomes a burden to her. When she addresses the Lord, she criticises her sister’s behaviour. He then defends Mary and rebukes Martha for being worried and troubled about many things.  –  Martha believes (John 11:1-44): When Lazarus falls ill, she calls on the Lord for help. But Jesus seems to arrive too late. Martha greets Him with the words: “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” The further conversation shows that she believes in a future resurrection and acknowledges Jesus as the Christ and Son of God. Thus, Martha testifies to her faith in Him.  –  Martha serves (John 12:1-8): This meal is quite different from the first one. Now, everyone has found their place. Martha serves the guests, Lazarus sits at the table with the Lord Jesus, and Mary anoints His feet. No one complains anymore. Martha has learned simply to do her service for the Lord and to allow others the freedom to fulfil their own tasks. In this, we can learn from her. Today’s reading: Ruth 1:1-22 – Psalms 77:11-20

Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man? Job 13:9 People deceive people – and even try to deceive God. This happens quite deliberately. Animals follow their instincts, but even among them deceptive manoeuvres can be observed. They mimic their surroundings so skilfully that they become nearly invisible. Some insects are created by God to resemble another species closely. This allows them to deceive other animals. Even plants master the art of “deception”. Often, the seeds of shrubs are spread by small rodents that collect and bury seeds and nuts. In South Africa, researchers discovered a shrub that bears nuts with a pungent smell. Native rodents avoid these hard seeds, but the dung beetle is fooled by them. It mistakes the smelly nuts for the droppings of a small antelope, which it needs to form dung balls and lay its eggs in. With great effort the beetle rolls the nuts, which resemble the droppings in both shape and smell, to store them underground – and only realises the “deception” when it tries to lay its eggs and finds the nuts too hard for the purpose. The plant has thus achieved two goals: the nuts are safely buried and cannot be eaten by other animals, and in the event of a bushfire, the plant may die but the seeds survive and can sprout. Indeed, animals and people can be deceived – but never God. Of Him it is said: “With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His” (Job 12:16). Today’s reading: Judges 21:1-25 · Psalms 77:1-10 https://gbv-online.org/calendar/262/date/2026-09-30

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 30 septembre 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Will it be well when He searches you out? Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man? (Job 13:9) Plants deceive dung beetles People deceive people – and even try to deceive God. This happens quite deliberately. Animals follow their instincts, but even among them deceptive manoeuvres can be observed. They mimic their surroundings so skilfully that they become nearly invisible. Some insects are created by God to resemble another species closely. This allows them to deceive other animals.  Even plants master the art of “deception”. Often, the seeds of shrubs are spread by small rodents that collect and bury seeds and nuts. In South Africa, researchers discovered a shrub that bears nuts with a pungent smell. Native rodents avoid these hard seeds, but the dung beetle is fooled by them. It mistakes the smelly nuts for the droppings of a small antelope, which it needs to form dung balls and lay its eggs in. With great effort the beetle rolls the nuts, which resemble the droppings in both shape and smell, to store them underground – and only realises the “deception” when it tries to lay its eggs and finds the nuts too hard for the purpose. The plant has thus achieved two goals: the nuts are safely buried and cannot be eaten by other animals, and in the event of a bushfire, the plant may die but the seeds survive and can sprout.  Indeed, animals and people can be deceived – but never God. Of Him it is said: “With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His” (Job 12:16). Today’s reading: Judges 21:1-25 – Psalms 77:1-10

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. Romans 1:16 ɴᴋᴊᴠ The apostle Paul gloried in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, and was not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone that believes. Observe then that the gospel is preached for salvation, not to improve man in the flesh, but to save him; not to help the efforts of nature religiously, but to bring him to God; for the obedience of faith, not of all nations, but among all nations (Rom. 1:5). It is not therefore preached to better the world, nor to convert the world, but it is the power of God to salvation for individuals, “for everyone who believes.” Now the power of God to salvation is very specific in its meaning, a large expression; for while the freeness of the grace of God is shown in its blessing to everyone that believes, fullness is set forth in not stopping short, in its blessing, of planting the saved one bodily in the presence of God in heavenly glory. We know that we are called “to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus,” and that He “suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God” (1 Pet. 5:10; 3:18). It is quite correct now to speak of believers as “saved,” for we have the salvation of our souls now by faith, as Scripture says: “Receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.” But we wait for salvation in its full sense: “the redemption of our body,” the “salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,” when, in spiritual bodies, suited to heavenly and eternal glory, and conformed to the image of the Son, we shall be in full possession and enjoyment of this great salvation (Rom. 8:23; 1 Pet. 1:5, 9). H. H. Snell https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-09-29

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 29 septembre 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Jesus said to him: Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise. (Luke 23:43) “Today you will be with Me in Paradise” Jesus is hanging on the cross. He is suffering terrible pain. It’s as if all His limbs are being torn apart (cf. Psalm 22:14). Yet, He still cares for others. He asks for forgiveness for His murderers, He comforts His mother, and now He cares for one of the two criminals crucified with Him.  At first, both of them mock and revile Him. But suddenly, one of them comes to his senses and says to his companion, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.” And then he asks Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom” (Luke 23:40-42). Remarkable words! This criminal confesses his guilt and appeals to the One about to die alongside him for mercy. He knows that this one is innocent and calls Him “Lord”. Then he testifies to the future kingdom of this despised Jesus of Nazareth and asks to partake in it. And what does Jesus answer? “No,” He says, “you don’t need to wait for the kingdom, for today, at the moment of your death, you will be with Me in Paradise,” the dwelling place of the souls of all those who have put their faith and trust in Him.  The promise Jesus made to this repentant criminal applies to anyone who has sincerely confessed their guilt before God. “Today”, immediately after their passing, believers will be with Christ in Paradise. Therefore, Paul writes, “having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better” (Philippians 1:23). Happy is the one who can end his life with this firm assurance! Today’s reading: Judges 20:1-48 – Psalms 76:1-12

The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you done this to us by not calling us when you went to fight with the Midianites?” And they reprimanded him sharply. So he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?” … Their anger toward him subsided when he said that. Judges 8:1–3 ɴᴋᴊᴠ The Lord had given Gideon and his three hundred men a glorious victory over the host of 135,000 Midianites. “The sword of the Lᴏʀᴅ and of Gideon!” had been their battle cry. They had blown their trumpets, broken their pitchers, and let their torches shine. They had not had to fight, for the Lord had caused the fear-stricken Midianites to kill each other and to flee in confusion. Other Israelite tribes had then joined in pursuit. Gideon had called upon the tribe of Ephraim to take the fords of the Jordan to prevent the enemies from crossing over. They had killed the princes of Midian and had brought their heads to Gideon. But now these proud Ephraimites berated Gideon for not having called them sooner. Gideon answered wisely and humbly, giving them full credit for what they had done, and downplaying his own exploits. He was pursuing the enemy and would not waste time in argument. How often we do the opposite, snatching defeat out of the very jaws of victory by quarreling with our fellow believers! Rather than winning souls to the Savior we criticize the methods others use to do so. Rather than battling the enemy’s hosts together, we fight against our brethren. Like the disciples in Mark 9:38, we want to forbid others to do what we fail to do “because they do not follow us.” We should rather pursue the enemy than waste time making enemies of our brethren. Eugene P. Vedder, Jr. We praise Thee for those ties divine That bind Thy saints to Thee,As members of Thy body one— The Spirit’s unity. H. P. Barker https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-09-28

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 28 septembre 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Today I must stay at your house. Today salvation has come to this house. (Luke 19:5, 9) “Today I must stay at your house” Who is sitting up there in the tree? It’s Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector. He belongs to the group of professionals who are notorious in Israel for being dishonest and greedy. But Zacchaeus has thought about it and has repented of his past life. Therefore, he wants to see Jesus. Unfortunately, he is quite short; that’s why he climbed this tree. From there, he has a good view – but Jesus also sees him and knows why he is sitting there. He knows the questions in his heart and calls out, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” – Would you also like to see Jesus to get to know Him better? Then He will also come to your “house”. How does that happen? You will experience Him when you read the Bible!  Zacchaeus is glad that Jesus is coming to his house and tells Him what he has planned: he will give half of his wealth to the poor and repay fourfold everything he has obtained dishonestly. Here, a new direction in life is revealed. In response, Jesus says to him, “Today salvation has come to this house.”  He knows that Zacchaeus is driven by honest intentions. But He still has to make it clear to him that it is not his good deeds that bring him salvation. Therefore He continues, “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). Yes, Zacchaeus is lost and needs salvation! And this salvation can only come from the Son of God, who became man to die for him on the cross.  Perhaps, like Zacchaeus, you have made the decision to lead a different life. But you will not succeed on your own. First, you must accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour. Confess your sins to Him now. Only then will salvation come to you “today”. Today’s reading: Judges 19:1-30 – Psalms 75:1-10

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. Psalm 69:20 ɴᴋᴊᴠ The Lord Jesus was made to feel totally alone when His enemies poured reproach upon Him, subjecting Him to callous persecution, both physically and with their words of contempt and hatred. Before the high priest, He bore much as they struck Him with rods, spit in His face, and mocked Him contemptuously. Added to this, before Pilate, who was a Gentile, they crowned Him with that crown of thorns. Where were His disciples then? Where were His friends? They had all forsaken Him and fled. When He looked for sympathy, not even one was found to provide any sympathy or pity for Him. There were no comforters to make the pain and sorrow of His sufferings more bearable. Has anyone ever been so overwhelmed as the faithful, gracious, holy Lord of glory? This reproach from men gave Him deep agony. Then we also see the anguish of His suffering under the judgment of God, when the sun was darkened for three hours, causing Him to cry out, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Mark 15:34). Surely our hearts are moved to their depths in wondering adoration as we consider such pure love that would willingly bear all of this for our sakes, so that the guilt of our sins might be atoned for fully. Thus, we who trust in Him as Savior are free from ever having to suffer the awful results of our guilt. The Lord was left utterly alone, without human help, and at the same time He was forsaken by God in order that we might never be alone to suffer the judgment that we deserved. May our hearts respond with thankful adoration to Him whose love and grace have been so marvelously shown to unworthy sinners! “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving” (Ps. 69:30). L. M. Grant https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-09-27

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 27 septembre 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. He who has seen Me has seen the Father. (John 14:9) The revelation of the Father The Son of God became man to reveal the Father on earth through His person. When He spoke and acted, people could always recognise the truth about the Father in Him. Anyone with open eyes and ears saw in Him what the Father is in His essence.  In John 17:6, the Lord Jesus prayed to the Father: “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world.” It is clear from this that He had made the disciples, who believed in Him, acquainted with the Father. People in general saw in Jesus only a simple man from the despised town of Nazareth. For them, He was merely the son of a carpenter because they had no faith.  The disciples, on the other hand, who had opened their hearts to the Lord Jesus, could recognise in Him the Son of God who revealed the Father to them. Looking back, the Apostle John testified: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).  The revelation of the Father occurred with the glorious intention of bringing believers into a relationship with Him. The Lord explained this to His own after His resurrection:  “I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God” (John 20:17). Today’s reading: Judges 18:1-31 – Psalms 74:13-23

Who are Israelites … and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen. Romans 9:4–5 ɴᴋᴊᴠ Israel’s greatest distinctive, their most wonderful privilege, which separates them from all others, is that, through them, according to the flesh, Christ came into this world. And, as we see in today’s text, Christ is a divine Person; the Incarnation! He is God manifest in the flesh! This astounding fact is the foundation upon which Christianity stands. Without this precious reality, all the other facets of the Christian faith crumble to meaningless dust. Christ came and He is the Eternal, the Jehovah of Hosts. Scripture declares this truth from its beginning to its end. He is the virgin-born Ruler who is “from the days of eternity” (Isa. 7:14; Mic. 5:2 ᴊɴᴅ). He was the Word before there was ever a beginning, and equality with God was not robbery for Him (Jn. 1:1; Phil. 2:6). He was the “I ᴀᴍ” before Abraham ever existed and the Creator, Sustainer, and Upholder of the universe (Col. 1:16–17; Heb. 1:2–3). This fact of His divinity and humanity is clearly revealed in Matthew’s genealogy (Mt. 1:1–17). There we see listed everyday people, many of whom had difficult and troubled lives. We see even kings of Israel, some of whom had sinned grievously. It is a very human list of people, yet Christ humbled Himself and deigned that they would be His human ancestors. Amazing privilege! Christ recognized this special holy privilege of Israel when speaking to a needy woman of the Samaritans who had broached the subject of her religion: “salvation is of the Jews” was the Lord’s response (Jn. 4:22). Salvation has come to the Gentiles through that nation. Brian Reynolds We see the Godhead-glory shine through that human veil;And, willing, hear the story of love come here to heal. J. N. Darby https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-09-26

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 26 September 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. Stay with me; do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you shall be safe. (1 Samuel 22:23) Near the Lord When Doeg, on behalf of King Saul, cold-bloodedly killed the priestly family, Abiathar escaped the massacre. He fled to David, who comforted him and encouraged him to stay with him. From this, we can learn something, for David points to the Lord Jesus and Abiathar represents a believer in Him.  The Lord invites everyone who has come to Him and believed in Him, “Stay with Me.” He wants us to stay close to Him. This is only possible if we obey Him and align our behaviour with His standards. This inner closeness to the Lord Jesus is blessed, for it allows us to fully enjoy His love.  The Lord also calls to us, “Do not fear.” In His presence, we are safe and have no need to fear. No matter how turbulent and frightening the situation may be, He sees the whole picture and holds us securely by His hand. In his rhetorical question, Paul expresses this confidence: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” (Romans 8:35)  “With me you shall be safe.” Thus, the Lord gives us a firm promise. In His presence, we are guarded against stumbling and going astray. He Himself is the guarantee that we will safely reach our heavenly goal. Today’s reading: Judges 17:1-13 – Psalms 74:1-12

And it shall come to pass at that time that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled in complacency, who say in their heart, “The Lᴏʀᴅ will not do good, nor will He do evil.” Zephaniah 1:12 ɴᴋᴊᴠ The best way to examine dark corners and crevices is to shine a light into them. Any dirt that was once hidden will surely be revealed in the light. This is the imagery of Zephaniah 1:12: Jehovah would search Jerusalem with lamps, and everything would be revealed. This message came to the prophet Zephaniah in the days of Josiah, the last good king of Judah. His reign featured a final glimmer of revival among the people. Why then was the Lord’s message so stern? If revival was spreading through the kingdom, why did He not give Zephaniah some words of hope and reassurance instead? The truth was that, despite any outward revival, many were settled in complacency. The expression literally means they were “settled on the lees.” This is a winemaking term. The lees are the residue that collects at the bottom of a container during the fermentation process, imparting certain qualities to the wine as it ages. The image was used to rebuke the men of Jerusalem who were simply resting in their own satisfaction. Even worse, they believed the Lord was just as inactive, doing neither good nor evil. This false view of God became an excuse for their own spiritual laziness. By their estimation, He was disinterested in His people and uninvolved in their lives. This picture of spiritual lethargy helps us understand why the Lord would search the men of the city with lamps. And we should expect nothing less when God’s light shines upon us today. Do we also believe that God is inactive, and therefore we simply remain at rest, accumulating flavor for ourselves while being a blessing to no one? How much better to be aroused to activity when the Lord gives us His light (Eph. 5:14)! Stephen Campbell https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-09-25

Hello, I would like to share with you the message from 25 septembre 2026 from “The Good Seed” daily calendar. The way of life winds upward for the wise, that he may turn away from hell below. (Proverbs 15:24) Where to? “Heaven or Hell” is a children’s game that is drawn on the ground with chalk. Whoever jumps from the first square “Earth” to the last square “Heaven” without touching the second last square “Hell” has reached the goal. The game is made more challenging by first throwing a stone into the first square, then jumping over it. Once this stage is completed, the second square comes into play, until all squares are skipped, and “Heaven” is reached. The most important thing is to never touch the square “Hell”.  The Bible shows us that we cannot reach God in heaven through our own efforts. Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Instead, because of our sins, we are heading towards eternal punishment in hell.  To save us from this, the Son of God became man and came to earth. Christ gave His life on the cross to open the way to God in heaven for us. “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God” (1 Peter 3:18).  Now, we are faced with a decision: Believing in the Lord Jesus as the one who died to pay for our sins, we will escape judgment and enter into a right relationship with God. Furthermore, we receive the assurance of being with Him in heaven for eternity. Today’s reading: Judges 16:23-31 – Psalms 73:18-28

Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house. Luke 19:5 ɴᴋᴊᴠ This was not said for the chief of the tax-gatherers alone, but for us also; it is the way the grace of the Lord compels Him to take towards all whom He has sought and saved, and so it can be said that salvation has come to all who are His—salvation not from the penalty of sin merely, from hellfire at last, but for every day of the journey to the homeland, for He Himself is salvation to us, and He is an everyday Savior, who will never leave us nor forsake us. What a comfort lies here for all about whom the storms of trouble sweep! The Lord is with them, and every sorrow may be laid at His feet and every difficulty told to Him. That life which appears to have the least sorrow has its difficulties and burdens, and none of us have sufficient wisdom or strength to deal with these. But He is sufficient for little trials and for big, and so precious are we to Him that He will never abandon us. Only let it be realized that the grace of God brought Him down to us, not only to save us, but to stay with us, and that He is ever by our side to support and succor us and to sympathize with us, and it will change the aspect of every sorrow and produce the song where the sigh has been. It is the realization of His presence that can lead the saint of God to say, “I will fear no evil; for You are with me” (Ps. 23:4). Observe carefully that the Lord did not merely say to Zacchaeus, “I must stay with you,” but “at your house.” He was interested in the family of the man whom He had sought and saved. A place was to be found for Him in the home circle, so that not only the individual needs and difficulties, but those of the household, might also be brought to His notice. J. T. Mawson O Lord, our God, our homes are Thine forever! We trust to Thee their problems, toil, and care; Be Thou the center of our least endeavor: Be Thou our Guest, our hearts and homes to share. Barbara B. Hart https://gbv-online.org/calendar/773/date/2026-09-24