Daily Bible Plan

Bible. Pray. One Another

At City Lights, we believe that renewal starts from within and expands into every area of our lives. The three daily habits of BIBLE, PRAYER and ONE ANOTHER are vital to establishing a close, connected and organic relationship with God. Our daily devotion is designed to help, by including a short passage from the Bible, a framework for prayer and an invitation to “one another” someone. We also add short videos to help you learn how to understand, interpret and apply the Bible. Don't forget to grab a free prayer journal on Sunday too!

Day 285 2025

BIBLE 

Today can be used to reflect on or memorise this key passage from this week’s readings. The day can also be used to catch-up if you missed a day in the readings. 

Jude 1:17-21 (NIV) Read or listen.

A Call to Persevere

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Pray for one another (Jas 5:16).
Who can you pray for today? Write their name down, pray for them and send them a message saying that you are praying for them. 

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Day 284 2025

BIBLE 

Proverbs 25 (NIV) Read or listen.

If you haven't already, take a few minutes to watch the Bible Project video on this book of the Bible above. It will help you understand the background and context of the reading and how it fits into the bigger story of the Bible.

More Proverbs of Solomon

1 These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
    to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,

    so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

4 Remove the dross from the silver,
    and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
5 remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,

    and his throne will be established through righteousness.

6 Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
    and do not claim a place among his great men;
7 it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”

    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes
8  do not bring hastily to court,
for what will you do in the end

    if your neighbour puts you to shame?

9 If you take your neighbour to court,
    do not betray another’s confidence,
10 or the one who hears it may shame you

    and the charge against you will stand.

11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver
    is a ruling rightly given.
12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold

    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.

13 Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time
    is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;
    he refreshes the spirit of his master.
14 Like clouds and wind without rain

    is one who boasts of gifts never given.

15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,

    and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

16 If you find honey, eat just enough—
    too much of it, and you will vomit.
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbour’s house—

    too much of you, and they will hate you.

18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow
    is one who gives false testimony against a neighbour.
19 Like a broken tooth or a lame foot
    is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.
20 Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,
    or like vinegar poured on a wound,

    is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
    if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,

    and the Lord will reward you.

23 Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain

    is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

24 Better to live on a corner of the roof

    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

25 Like cold water to a weary soul
    is good news from a distant land.
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well

    are the righteous who give way to the wicked.

27 It is not good to eat too much honey,

    nor is it honourable to search out matters that are too deep.

28 Like a city whose walls are broken through

    is a person who lacks self-control.

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Motivate one another to love and do good deeds (He 10:24).
Sometimes we need a friend to encourage us to outwork the love of Christ towards others. Get together with a friend to mutually encourage each other.

Day 283 2025

BIBLE 

Jude 1 (NIV) Read or listen.

If you haven't already, take a few minutes to watch the Bible Project video on this book of the Bible above. It will help you understand the background and context of the reading and how it fits into the bigger story of the Bible.

1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James,

To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:

2 Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.

The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People

3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. 4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

8 In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings. 9 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.

11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

Doxology

24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Encourage and build up one another (1 Th 5:11).
Who do you know that needs encouragement? Send them an encouraging message today.

Day 282 2025

BIBLE 

Proverbs 24 (NIV) Read or listen.

If you haven't already, take a few minutes to watch the Bible Project video on this book of the Bible above. It will help you understand the background and context of the reading and how it fits into the bigger story of the Bible.

Saying 20

1 Do not envy the wicked,
    do not desire their company;
2 for their hearts plot violence,

    and their lips talk about making trouble.

Saying 21

3 By wisdom a house is built,
    and through understanding it is established;
4 through knowledge its rooms are filled

    with rare and beautiful treasures.

Saying 22

5 The wise prevail through great power,
    and those who have knowledge muster their strength.
6 Surely you need guidance to wage war,

    and victory is won through many advisers.

Saying 23

7 Wisdom is too high for fools;

    in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.

Saying 24

8 Whoever plots evil
    will be known as a schemer.
9 The schemes of folly are sin,

    and people detest a mocker.

Saying 25

10 If you falter in a time of trouble,
    how small is your strength!
11 Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
    does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?

    Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?

Saying 26

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
    honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
    If you find it, there is a future hope for you,

    and your hope will not be cut off.

Saying 27

15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,
    do not plunder their dwelling place;
16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,

    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

Saying 28

17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls;
    when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
18 or the Lord will see and disapprove

    and turn his wrath away from them.

Saying 29

19 Do not fret because of evildoers
    or be envious of the wicked,
20 for the evildoer has no future hope,

    and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

Saying 30

21 Fear the Lord and the king, my son,
    and do not join with rebellious officials,
22 for those two will send sudden destruction on them,
    and who knows what calamities they can bring?
 

Further Sayings of the Wise

23 These also are sayings of the wise:

To show partiality in judging is not good:
24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”
    will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,

    and rich blessing will come on them.

26 An honest answer

    is like a kiss on the lips.

27 Put your outdoor work in order
    and get your fields ready;

    after that, build your house.

28 Do not testify against your neighbour without cause—
    would you use your lips to mislead?
29 Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;

    I’ll pay them back for what they did.”

30 I went past the field of a sluggard,
    past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 thorns had come up everywhere,
    the ground was covered with weeds,
    and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed
    and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief

    and scarcity like an armed man.

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Comfort one another concerning the resurrection (1 Th 4:18).
Remember we are to spend eternity with Jesus. Is there someone in your life who needs that encouragement today? Send them a message or give them a call.

Day 281 2025

BIBLE 

Proverbs 23 (NIV) Read or listen.

If you haven't already, take a few minutes to watch the Bible Project video on this book of the Bible above. It will help you understand the background and context of the reading and how it fits into the bigger story of the Bible.

Saying 7

1 When you sit to dine with a ruler,
    note well what is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to gluttony.
3 Do not crave his delicacies,

    for that food is deceptive.

Saying 8

4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.
5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
    for they will surely sprout wings

    and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

Saying 9

6 Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
    do not crave his delicacies;
7 for he is the kind of person
    who is always thinking about the cost.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
    but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten

    and will have wasted your compliments.

Saying 10

9 Do not speak to fools,

    for they will scorn your prudent words.

Saying 11

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone
    or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 for their Defender is strong;

    he will take up their case against you.

Saying 12

12 Apply your heart to instruction

    and your ears to words of knowledge.

Saying 13

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
    if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 Punish them with the rod

    and save them from death.

Saying 14

15 My son, if your heart is wise,
    then my heart will be glad indeed;
16 my inmost being will rejoice

    when your lips speak what is right.

Saying 15

17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,
    but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
18 There is surely a future hope for you,

    and your hope will not be cut off.

Saying 16

19 Listen, my son, and be wise,
    and set your heart on the right path:
20 Do not join those who drink too much wine
    or gorge themselves on meat,
21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,

    and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Saying 17

22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,
    and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—
    wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
24 The father of a righteous child has great joy;
    a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
25 May your father and mother rejoice;

    may she who gave you birth be joyful!

Saying 18

26 My son, give me your heart
    and let your eyes delight in my ways,
27 for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,
    and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Like a bandit she lies in wait

    and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

Saying 19

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
    Who has strife? Who has complaints?
    Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 Those who linger over wine,
    who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
31 Do not gaze at wine when it is red,
    when it sparkles in the cup,
    when it goes down smoothly!
32 In the end it bites like a snake
    and poisons like a viper.
33 Your eyes will see strange sights,
    and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,
    lying on top of the rigging.
35 “They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt!
    They beat me, but I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up

    so I can find another drink?”

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Don’t lie to one another (Co 3:9).
Think about your words and thoughts, do you need to be more honest with others and yourself?

Day 280 2025

BIBLE 

Proverbs 22 (NIV) Read or listen.

If you haven't already, take a few minutes to watch the Bible Project video on this book of the Bible above. It will help you understand the background and context of the reading and how it fits into the bigger story of the Bible.

1 A good name is more desirable than great riches;

    to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

2 Rich and poor have this in common:

    The Lord is the Maker of them all.

3 The prudent see danger and take refuge,

    but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

4 Humility is the fear of the Lord;

    its wages are riches and honour and life.

5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,

    but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

6 Start children off on the way they should go,

    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

7 The rich rule over the poor,

    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,

    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.

9 The generous will themselves be blessed,

    for they share their food with the poor.

10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;

    quarrels and insults are ended.

11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace

    will have the king for a friend.

12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,

    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!

    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;

    a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,

    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth

    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

Thirty Sayings of the Wise

Saying 1

17 Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;
    apply your heart to what I teach,
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
    and have all of them ready on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
    I teach you today, even you.
20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you,
    sayings of counsel and knowledge,
21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,
    so that you bring back truthful reports

    to those you serve?

Saying 2

22 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,
23 for the Lord will take up their case

    and will exact life for life.

Saying 3

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
    do not associate with one easily angered,
25 or you may learn their ways

    and get yourself ensnared.

Saying 4

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge
    or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,

    your very bed will be snatched from under you.

Saying 5

28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone

    set up by your ancestors.

Saying 6

29 Do you see someone skilled in their work?
    They will serve before kings;

    they will not serve before officials of low rank.

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Speak truth to one another (Ep 4:25).
Do you need to be more honest in your relationships? Think about how you can do this with one person and organise to talk to them.

Day 279 2025

BIBLE 

Proverbs 21 (NIV) Read or listen.

If you haven't already, take a few minutes to watch the Bible Project video on this book of the Bible above. It will help you understand the background and context of the reading and how it fits into the bigger story of the Bible.

1 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water

    that he channels toward all who please him.

2 A person may think their own ways are right,

    but the Lord weighs the heart.

3 To do what is right and just

    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—

    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit

    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

6 A fortune made by a lying tongue

    is a fleeting vapour and a deadly snare.

7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away,

    for they refuse to do what is right.

8 The way of the guilty is devious,

    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9 Better to live on a corner of the roof

    than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

10 The wicked crave evil;

    their neighbours get no mercy from them.

11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom;

    by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge.

12 The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked

    and brings the wicked to ruin.

13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor

    will also cry out and not be answered.

14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,

    and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous

    but terror to evildoers.

16 Whoever strays from the path of prudence

    comes to rest in the company of the dead.

17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;

    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.

18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,

    and the unfaithful for the upright.

19 Better to live in a desert

    than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,

    but fools gulp theirs down.

21 Whoever pursues righteousness and love

    finds life, prosperity and honour.

22 One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty

    and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

23 Those who guard their mouths and their tongues

    keep themselves from calamity.

24 The proud and arrogant person—“Mocker” is his name—

    behaves with insolent fury.

25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,
    because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he craves for more,

    but the righteous give without sparing.

27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—

    how much more so when brought with evil intent!

28 A false witness will perish,

    but a careful listener will testify successfully.

29 The wicked put up a bold front,

    but the upright give thought to their ways.

30 There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan

    that can succeed against the Lord.

31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,

    but victory rests with the Lord.

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Bear one another’s burdens (Ga 6:2).
Who in your life would benefit from more support today? Send them a message.

Day 278 2025

BIBLE 

Today can be used to reflect on or memorise this key passage from this week’s readings. The day can also be used to catch-up if you missed a day in the readings. 

Proverbs 16:1-3 (NIV) Read or listen.

1 To humans belong the plans of the heart,

    but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.

2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them,

    but motives are weighed by the Lord.

3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do,

    and he will establish your plans.

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Husbands and wives: don’t deprive one another of physical intimacy (1 Co 7:5).
Today, go out of your way to show your love and appreciation for your spouse. 

Day 277 2025

BIBLE 

Proverbs 20 (NIV) Read or listen.

If you haven't already, take a few minutes to watch the Bible Project video on this book of the Bible above. It will help you understand the background and context of the reading and how it fits into the bigger story of the Bible.

1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;

    whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2 A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;

    those who anger him forfeit their lives.

3 It is to one’s honour to avoid strife,

    but every fool is quick to quarrel.

4 Sluggards do not plow in season;

    so at harvest time they look but find nothing.

5 The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,

    but one who has insight draws them out.

6 Many claim to have unfailing love,

    but a faithful person who can find?

7 The righteous lead blameless lives;

    blessed are their children after them.

8 When a king sits on his throne to judge,

    he winnows out all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;

    I am clean and without sin”?

10 Differing weights and differing measures—

    the Lord detests them both.

11 Even small children are known by their actions,

    so is their conduct really pure and upright?

12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—

    the Lord has made them both.

13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;

    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

14 “It’s no good, it’s no good!” says the buyer—

    then goes off and boasts about the purchase.

15 Gold there is, and rubies in abundance,

    but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.

16 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;

    hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.

17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,

    but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.

18 Plans are established by seeking advice;

    so if you wage war, obtain guidance.

19 A gossip betrays a confidence;

    so avoid anyone who talks too much.

20 If someone curses their father or mother,

    their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

21 An inheritance claimed too soon

    will not be blessed at the end.

22 Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!”

    Wait for the Lord, and he will avenge you.

23 The Lord detests differing weights,

    and dishonest scales do not please him.

24 A person’s steps are directed by the Lord.

    How then can anyone understand their own way?

25 It is a trap to dedicate something rashly

    and only later to consider one’s vows.

26 A wise king winnows out the wicked;

    he drives the threshing wheel over them.

27 The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord

    that sheds light on one’s inmost being.

28 Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;

    through love his throne is made secure.

29 The glory of young men is their strength,

    grey hair the splendour of the old.

30 Blows and wounds scrub away evil,

    and beatings purge the inmost being.

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Do not judge one another, and don’t put a stumbling block in a brother’s way (Ro 14:13).
Think about your words and thoughts. How can you be more gracious towards others? Put this into practice today.

Day 276 2025

BIBLE 

Proverbs 19 (NIV) Read or listen.

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1 Better the poor whose walk is blameless

    than a fool whose lips are perverse.

2 Desire without knowledge is not good—

    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!

3 A person’s own folly leads to their ruin,

    yet their heart rages against the Lord.

4 Wealth attracts many friends,

    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.

5 A false witness will not go unpunished,

    and whoever pours out lies will not go free.

6 Many curry favour with a ruler,

    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.

7 The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
    how much more do their friends avoid them!
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,

    they are nowhere to be found.

8 The one who gets wisdom loves life;

    the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.

9 A false witness will not go unpunished,

    and whoever pours out lies will perish.

10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury—

    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;

    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offence.

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion,

    but his favour is like dew on the grass.

13 A foolish child is a father’s ruin,
    and a quarrelsome wife is like

    the constant dripping of a leaky roof.

14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,

    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,

    and the shiftless go hungry.

16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,

    but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.

17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,

    and he will reward them for what they have done.

18 Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;

    do not be a willing party to their death.

19 A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;

    rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,

    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,

    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

22 What a person desires is unfailing love;

    better to be poor than a liar.

23 The fear of the Lord leads to life;

    then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;

    rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother

    is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,

    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

28 A corrupt witness mocks at justice,

    and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

29 Penalties are prepared for mockers,

    and beatings for the backs of fools.

Based on today's reading, what is one thing that God is saying to you? 

PRAY

Take a few moments to pray with focus, passion and purpose using P.R.A.Y:

  • Praise and Thanksgiving
  • Repent and Receive
  • Ask
  • Yes

Today's Prayer: God, be my strength in every area today.

ONE ANOTHER 

Serve one another (Ga 5:13).
What's one practical thing you can do today to serve another person?