I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given to me – the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace. Acts 20:24 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE … How important is grace? Paul said it was more important…
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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am…
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We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 NIV THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE … “Increase my faith, O Lord.” “Increase my strength.” “Increase my wisdom.” We often pray for…
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Jesus said,”You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:43-45 NIV THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE … We often talk about the privileges of being…
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He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity, and honor. Proverbs 21:21 NIV THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE … Isn’t it funny that when we set off to find happiness or joy or significance or meaning, we seldom find it. Instead, when we offer to serve others and give ourselves wholeheartedly to the Lord and His…
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I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalms 18:1-2 NIV THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE … We sing it and we say it in our public prayers: “Father,…
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Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.— Psalms 90:12 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE … So often we look up and time has passed us by. The things we promised ourselves we’d accomplish and the deeds we told others we’d do get left undone. Before we know it,…
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If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!— 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE … We all like “do-overs” or second chances. God does much better than that! He allows us to become new again. Being the “God of new things” he can even make…
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While [Joseph and Mary] were [in Bethlehem], the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.— Luke 2:6-7 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE … I’ve always…
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This is what the Lord says, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” — Isaiah 43:16 and Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV) THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE … The…
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