Word@Work, Let God's Word energise your working day!

Welcome

Let God's Word motivate your working day!

The unique verse-by-verse devotional.
Free. Inspiring, transforming, renewing.
The Bible explained and applied.

A verse-by-verse study of the New Testament delivered Monday to Friday
Read by thousands of leaders, executives, parents and pastors from almost every country

Latest Word@Work

God's Good Answers

Matthew 7:7-11

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! (NIVUK)

God is a real person, and He relates with people who honour Him. He is a good and loving Father who cares for His children and gladly responds to their calls for help (John 16:23). Indeed, if we do not call on our Father for help, how can we claim to be His children? The reality of life is that we have nothing when we come into the world, and so everything we have comes from Him, directly or indirectly (1 Chronicles 29:14). He is the ultimate provider; and when we tell Him how dependent we are upon Him - we worship Him (Psalm 50:14-15). And so our dependency, expressed in requests and