I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. Psalms 138:2 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… For Christians, God’s temple is one of two related things: either the Christian’s body (1 Cor. 6:19-20)…
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done and proclaim that his name is exalted. Isaiah 12:4 New International Version THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… It is wrong to think God’s love for the nations began only with Jesus and the Great Commission. Remember Jonah’s preaching to…
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. Proverbs 14:34 New International Version THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… Wow, what an indictment. When we vote according to our pocketbook more than character and when we excuse the indiscretions, infidelities, and illegalities in the leaders of both political parties, we have reached a very…
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.”Jeremiah 16:9-10 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… Jesus told us that what is in our heart ultimately works…
By the grace given me I say to everyone of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. Romans 12:3 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… Pride does go before a fall! It is…
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:18 (NIV)
Spoken by Jesus: “…whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.”Matthew 16:25 (NIV)
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 (NIV)
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever — do not abandon the works of your hands. Psalms 138:8 (NIV)
The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name. Zechariah 14:9