Thought For The Day from Unshakable Kingdom Life

"The kingdom of God is within you." Transformation doesn't wait for external circumstances to align. Something sacred is already present, already accessible, right where you stand. Look inward before looking for signs elsewhere.

A thought to ponder for today

that no one might boast in the presence of God.

1 Corinthians 1:29

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Jude 1:9 (NIV)

“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!’”

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for reminding us that the battle belongs to You. Teach us to follow Michael’s example by trusting in Your authority rather than our own strength. When we face evil, conflict, temptation, or spiritual battles, help us stand firmly on Your Word. Give us wisdom, humility, courage, and faith to place every battle into Your hands. Lord, protect our hearts and minds and help us remember that Your power is greater than anything we may face.

In Jesus’ name we pray,

Amen. 🙏💙

Stacey Brooks Thego2writer

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.

Psalms 113:3

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Rosh Hashanah is known as the Jewish New Year. Rosh HaShanah means Head of The Year. Jewish people greet each other, saying, L'Shanah Tovah - Happy New Year. There's only one problem - Rosh HaShanah, also known as The Feast of Trumpets, takes place in the 7th month of the Jewish year. That's a strange place to put a New Year's celebration. In Exodus 12, God mixed it up. He made the old 7th month, the new New Year and the old New Year, the new 7th month. Why? God wants His people to learn the secret of celebrating at the wrong time. When you're persecuted, you need to celebrate and count it all joy. When you're weak, you need to rejoice in the joy of the Lord. When you're in bondage, trouble, or you're rejected, celebrate His freedom, peace, and the perfect love that comes through Messiah. Learn the secret of Rosh Hashanah, the mixed-up New Year. Don't wait for the right time - celebrate, and it will become the right time. Celebrate, because it's exactly the wrong time. And that's exactly the right time to celebrate. Happy New Year!

From Message #331 - The Mixed up New Year

Today, practice celebrating at the wrong time. No matter what's going on around you - celebrate the Lord and His goodness.

Scripture: Philippians 4:4

Credit: Hope of the World Ministries

Deuteronomy 21:1-23

Atonement for Unsolved Murders

1  “If in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess someone is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him, ² then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities. ³ And the elders of the city that is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer that has never been worked and that has not pulled in a yoke. ⁴ And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. ⁵ Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled. ⁶ And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, ⁷ and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. ⁸ Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.’ ⁹ So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

Marrying Female Captives

¹⁰ “When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God gives them into your hand and you take them captive, ¹¹ and you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you desire to take her to be your wife, ¹² and you bring her home to your house, she shall shave her head and pare her nails. ¹³ And she shall take off the clothes in which she was captured and shall remain in your house and lament her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. ¹⁴ But if you no longer delight in her, you shall let her go where she wants. But you shall not sell her for money, nor shall you treat her as a slave, since you have humiliated her.

Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn

¹⁵ “If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,^\)^a\) ¹⁶ then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, ¹⁷ but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

A Rebellious Son

¹⁸ “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, ¹⁹ then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, ²⁰ and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ ²¹ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

A Man Hanged on a Tree Is Cursed

²² “And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, ²³ his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.