A Good Word Wednesday
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A Good Word Wednesday
WITH
October 1, 2025
A little bit of goodness, encouragement and hope in your mailbox today.
“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.” Proverbs 12:25
How does it make you feel to know that God is WITH you. WITH. It’s Your Good Word for Your Wednesday.
Repeatedly, I heard the unmistakable words, “I am with you.” I heard it in books, scriptures, songs…. “I am with you.” The repetition of the same message is how God often tends to speak to me. When I sat in the quiet freshness of the new morning, I would hear it again, not audibly, but the message was still loud and clear, “I am with you.”
I realized anew that it’s not about politics. It’s not about big, important people. It’s about Him — the Maker of heaven and earth. He is with me. Sometimes, it’s just a good reminder in the loud, clutter of the world pushing in all around you to just stop and know that He is with you.
He is WITH you
Jesus showed us how much He loves us because He came to be with us. It’s the story of the Incarnation. It’s the word Immanuel. The story of God who became a baby born into this messy world just so He could be with us. To be with His own creation in our world. It doesn’t get any more powerful than knowing that Jesus left heaven to be God in the flesh with us and for us.
The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.
We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory,
like Father, like Son, generous inside and out, true from start to finish.
John 1:14 The Message
Wednesday in the Word
Wednesday in the Word
Genesis 1-3. Read these “in the beginning” passages and notice that at least nine times the word “with” is used. God is with us in His creation.
“…and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1
“I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2Share Your Good Word
Good Questions
GOOD Question(s) of the Week: How does it make you feel to know that God is with you always?
Good Words from Unseen People
The following excerpt is from a story in Unseen People: Sharing Light and Life with Your Neighbors and the Nations, No Place Like It, p. 159. Please click HERE to order.
“While we are thankful for the abundance He has blessed us with now, we know there is more. There is a holy habitation in heaven where we get to be with Him always, and with all the people in our lives who are already there enjoying Him.”
Good Words I Recommend
A Good Book: The Story of With, Allen Arnold. The author has a wonderful way of teaching/instructing life lessons in a fun way that you remember, giving you the vision of what is possible WITH God.
A Good Song: When I’m With You, Citizen Way, “When I’m With You, I feel the real me finally breaking through…”
Another Good Song: Emmanuel, God With Us, Chris Tomlin. Yes, it’s a Christmas song… but God is With Us all year long!
Another Good Song — Praise You in this Storm, Casting Crowns, “I hear You whisper through the rain, I’m With You.
A Final Good Word
Team work. It takes a village. Together. With.
All of these are Good Words.
Even though we are made for community, it doesn’t mean it comes naturally. Sometimes we need encouragement to reach out and make new friends with those in our neighborhoods and communities. I created an eBook for you — 7 Steps to Show People Their Significance: A Guidebook to Help You Share Light and Life With Others. We are all important. All valuable. All made in God’s image. But many people don’t know that. This resource helps you see people. Be with them. And gently lead them into relationship with you and with Him.
Click here to see this eBook and all free available resources on my webpage: Get the Good Stuff.
I will see you back here next Wednesday for another Good Word. Invite someone you know to join us.
DeAnna’s email: deannalynnsanders@gmail.com
Gratefully yours,
DeAnna
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