Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. Proverbs 29:25 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… Fear is such a paralyzing emotion. It robs us vitality, decision-making ability, and strength. Courage helps us step out of fear’s paralysis and turn its nervous edge into power. But…
DetailsBlessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:11-12 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… For most who…
DetailsAh, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… In the immense expanse of our universe, with its billions upon billions of stars, where our own tiny blue planet is only a small…
DetailsHe who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… God made the world in 6 days. Now he sustains it with his powerful word. But in each of us, he is still at work and will continue…
DetailsNow to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE… Of all the names…
DetailsI 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)…
DetailsGive 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…
DetailsRighteousness 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsBy 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…
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