I had to take time to write in thanking Dr Bradley Baurain for His devotionals for July 2023 which focus is on the Gift of the Word of God. My wife and I have been reading Today in the Word for the past couple years along with the Scripture associated with the devotional. When we complete the devotional we use it to form our prayer that precedes the devotional as we pray for our daily needs and gratitudes. It has been the greatest blessing in our life during this time. Dr Baurain's focus on the gift of God's Word has been clearly taught and thought provoking as well as life changing for us. I am a student myself at 58 at an online college and just want to thank Moody Bible Institute for providing resources like this to help us not just to be informed of the great truths of His Word but to help us be transformed by the renewing of our mind. If you are considering which devotional resource to use, Today in the Word is my recommendation because it actually applies Scripture accurately and effectively so that your life will without a doubt be impacted by it. God bless Today in the Word!

I have been reading this devotional the past 3 years and have found nothing that comes close out there. Each day it’s written in such a way that is not only full of wisdom and truth that I feel God is directly guiding me, but I learn so much about how those in the Bible who have come before us have lived. Their problems, doubts and worries have come alive to me. And isn’t that what it’s all about? We Christians sometimes think we are unique in what we face in this world, these times and situations are too different from biblical times. But, even as our Lord has knitted us to be unique, the problems we face as humans are no different; just the time in history. Today in the Word shines a light, God’s light and wisdom for all of us. Thank you Moody Bible Institute that your writers seek God’s spirit each day before they sit down and write these. What wisdom, insight, strength and encouragement we are provided with each day. May God continue to bless the work they have been entrusted to do.

The secret to success is in your daily routine, I’ll read the devotional, and listen to moody radio, throughout the day, everyday. This helps keep me honest, hard working, and equipped to take on the devil in his playground here on earth. If I get busy and can’t sit down and read it I’ll listen to the devotional with my headphones during a workout, or in my car speakers. There’s really no excuse to not stay in the spirit, especially with all this technology, I love it. If your stuck on antisocial media watching the worldly debate between democrat and republican, give it a rest. By the way for all my white evangelicals, Jesus is not a European white person. He’s from the Middle East. Make sure all you white evangelicals pray to the right one, not the alt right, all white Jesus that most fake Christian’s who don’t know suffering, pray too!

* Addendum to original review to suggest ability to change Bible versions within the scripture reading page like on the web version *Great app. Like the fact that one doesn’t need to go into email (and potentially get distracted first thing in the morning). Clean layout and of course good content. Content alone warrants 5 stars (so this overall really should be 4.5 stars). One minor improvement to suggest to bring it a 5: add the scripture reference in the scripture reading section. As it stands now- you see the text reference at the top of the day’s devotional page, but when you click in to read the passage, the actual Bible reference information is gone— I often have to click back out and then click in to see where the passage is from. It should be in the body of text somewhere (also helps with memorization). Currently the Bible text just has a body of text with no associated Bible references.* Update/addition to original review: In the web version the passage of the day is conveniently displayed with the ability to change to any Bible version. In the app, only the default version is shown and one has to go into a separate Bible tab to change versions, but it then shows the entire chapter so locating the day’s passage (especially if you are comparing several different versions) can be troublesome. It would be great if one is able to change versions on the main passage of the day page without requiring to link out to separate tab and trying to find the passage within a much larger chapter text each time. *