Watchword for the Day
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Bible Reading: Psalm 119:25–32; 2 Samuel 8,9; John 7:45–52
Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it.
Proverbs 15:17
Jesus also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them, for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
Luke 21:2-4
About Moravian Daily Watchwords
Moravian congregations around the world have a tradition of reading and meditating daily on the Scripture verses chosen for the day. These are called Daily Watchwords. This tradition of distributing the daily watchwords to all the Moravian brethren was started in 1722, and in 1731 the Daily Watchwords for the whole year was printed in book form, which continues to this day!
The Watchwords are translated into more than 50 languages and more than 1.5 million copies are printed every year!
The verse text in the Daily Watchwords for 2023 has either been translated into literary Tibetan/Ladakhi or taken from the Tibetan Bible (1948), and the Tibetan New Testament (1968) published by UBS. The Daily Watchwords is available on this page for reading and downloading.
Please read the Daily Watchwords every day for your spiritual strengthening and to receive God's blessings.
Thank you.