THE UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL 6TH AUGUST 2025, WEDNESDAY MESSAGE
Read The Upper Room Devotional 6th August 2025 written by Lethabo Molotjwa (Gauteng, South Africa)
TOPIC: Live Your Life
Today’s Reading
Deuteronomy 31:1-8
1 Then Moses went out and spoke these words to all Israel: 2 “I am now a hundred and twenty years old and I am no longer able to lead you. The Lord has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’ 3 The Lord your God himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross over ahead of you, as the Lord said. 4 And the Lord will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land. 5 The Lord will deliver them to you, and you must do to them all that I have commanded you. 6 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance. 8 The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”
KEY VERSE: The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. – Deuteronomy 31:8 (NIV)
In 2019, I was in eighth grade and new to my school. I felt like I had no friends. I was always quiet and alone, even during lunch breaks.
One Friday, I went to school wearing a dress that looked old — like it was my grandmother’s. But it wasn’t. I wore it because all my clothes were in bad shape, and that dress seemed like the best option I had. But when I entered the classroom, my classmates burst out laughing. I had to fight back tears, but I knew God was with me. I prayed silently for strength and power, and I stood up and told them to go ahead and laugh but that I felt good in the dress. I even twirled around to show them how confident I was in it.
I have realized that this is my life, which I was given by God. I should do things that make me happy and stop doing things that don’t make me happy just to please other people. In those instances, I’m fine with God alone!
Today’s Prayer
Dear God, give us light. When we fall, lift us up. When we lose our way, be our guide. Amen.
Thought for the Day
I can be confident with God by my side.
Prayer Focus
For confidence in God’s love for me
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