The word for today is… admonish (verb): 1a: to indicate duties or obligations to b: to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner 2: to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to 3: to say (something) as advice or a warning Source : Merriam -Webster
Romans 12:3 “[Humble Service in the Body of Christ] For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 30, 2024 is: kudos • \KOO-dahss\ • noun Kudos refers to praise someone receives because of an act or achievement, or to fame and renown that results from an act or achievement. // Kudos to everyone who helped clean up the community
The word for today is… tenuous (adjective): 1a: having little substance or strength : flimsy, weak b: shaky 2: not thick : slender 3: not dense : rare Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Something tenuous has been stretched thin and might break at any time. A person with a tenuous hold on his sanity
Zechariah 14:9 “The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.”
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 29, 2024 is: fecund • \FEK-und\ • adjective Fecund is a formal word that typically describes a person, animal, or plant that is producing or able to produce many offspring. It is synonymous with fertile and fruitful. Fecund is also used
The word for today is… qua (preposition): : in the capacity or character of : as Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : A preposition today – what a treat. A preposition is a word—and almost always a very small, very common word—that shows direction (to in “a letter to you”), location (at in
Psalm 138:8 “The LORD will vindicate me; your love, LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.”
JM White It is best to marry someone you have grown to know well over the years, preferably from childhood. That way there are no horrid little surprises waiting in the wings during – or after – the honeymoon. But, no matter how long you have known him, there is always the
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 28, 2024 is: deference • \DEF-uh-runss\ • noun Deference refers to respect and esteem that is appropriate to show to someone, such as a superior or elder. Something done in deference to, or out of deference to, someone or something
The word for today is… circumlocution (noun): 1: the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea 2: evasion in speech Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In The King’s English (1906), lexicographers H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler advised, “Prefer the single word to the
2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”
It starts off with a glum opening line, “I wouldn’t come here, to be honest”, and then goes downhill from there. But this is a tourism advert that has been labelled “brilliant”. Visit Oslo’s downbeat campaign is the antithesis to those shiny happy tourism videos which normally try
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 27, 2024 is: cardinal • \KAHRD-nul\ • adjective Cardinal is an adjective used to describe things—usually abstract things such as rules or principles—that are of basic or main importance. The word is also used, especially in the phrase “cardinal
The word for today is… inalienable (adjective): : incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Alien, alienable, inalienable—it’s easy enough to see the Latin word alius, meaning “other,” at the root of these three words. Alien joined our language in the 14th century, and one
Matthew 16:25 “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.”
