Bible Verse for Today

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

— Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

God's story through the history of his people, Israel, is one of triumph, protection, and faithfulness. God is with us. God cares for us. God hears our prayers. God longs to bless and protect us. God longs to strengthen and uphold us. Let's put our hope in him.My...

 

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe.

— Proverbs 29:25 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Jesus told us not to fear other human opponents (Lk. 12:4-5). When we try to please others, when we fear what others may say or do to us, we place ourselves in a position of great vulnerability. Our lives no longer remain our own. We become captive to what others think, want, or threaten. We are to trust only the LORD and reverence him. In God...

 

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

— Romans 8:11 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

If we belong to Christ, we know the Spirit of God lives in us (Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 6:19-20). Because of the Spirit's presence, we know that we are eternal! The Spirit is God's down payment guaranteeing that our future is with him (2 Cor. 1:21-22...

 

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.

— 1 Chronicles 4:10 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

When our hearts are tuned to God's will and long to honor him, it is our Father's delight to bless us in mighty ways. So let's first set our hearts to do his will. Then, let's not be afraid to ask God to pour out his...

 

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

— Psalm 37:4 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

As my heart delights in God, God's will, and God's purposes, I find an amazing truth at work: when I desire what God wills, God enjoys giving me the desires of my heart. An old hymn used the phrase, "'til I am wholly lost in Thee." When that happens, when our will is yielded to God and our heart delights to honor him, then God is longingly waiting for us...

 

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

— Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

When the Spirit is alive in our hearts, the character of God comes to life in us as the Spirit works to conform us ever more closely to the image and the character of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18).My Prayer...

Thank you, dear Father, for your Spirit within me. I...

 

For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.

— Romans 8:3-4 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

When the Spirit lives in us, we don't need a law to guide us. The Spirit...

 

If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

— John 14:23 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

This chapter begins with Jesus promising that he is going back to heaven to prepare a place for us. Now, however, he wants us to know that we don't have to wait until heaven to be in the presence of God. As we love God and obey his Word, God comes and makes his home with us. Isn't it an amazing and gracious...

 

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.

— Acts 5:32 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Of all the many gifts God gives, the gift of his presence in us through his Holy Spirit is among the most precious. The Spirit's presence makes us God's temple (1 Cor. 6:19). The Spirit intercedes for us according to the will of God when we pray (Rom. 8:26-27). The Spirit helps us overcome the pull of our flesh (Rom. 8:13-14)...

 

Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD.

— Psalm 119:1 (NIV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

As Christians, we hear this passage a little differently than those who lived under the Old Testament Law. We recognize that our blamelessness comes as a gift of Jesus' sacrificial death on the Cross. We know we are not justified by keeping the Law, but we are doing our absolute best to walk in the way of the Lord out of thanks for God's...