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A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! —Proverbs 15:23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Knowing the right word at the right time is a great gift. But even the best of speakers has to admit that the best of his or her words are not nearly...

Why do we limit our lives to the mundane of only what we can see? Why, oh why, do we cling to safety over being truly alive? Why are we so terrified of coming to the end of ourselves when that's the place when God rushes in? Why are we so scared of throwing a leg over the side of the...

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. —Psalm 27:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... If there is anything we don't like to do, it's wait. Maybe that is why God is so interested in us learning to do it! There is something...

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. —Romans 15:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I hate racism and exclusivity. But my loathing does not match God's revulsion at these things. On the other hand, we can anticipate the choir of heaven (see...

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. —Philippians 2:3-4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Do you remember one of the earliest...

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God. —Ephesians 2:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Those of us who have been Christians a long time sometimes forget that we have no claim or right to the grace we have...

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. —John 6:29 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Do you believe in Jesus? Do you really believe? Shortly after Max Lucado came back from his mission work in Rio, Brazil, he shared with a group...

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. —Psalm 119:165 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... As someone who had a very clumsy stage of life, this promise is almost beyond believing — nothing can make me stumble! But when it comes to living life, if I know God's...

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. —Psalm 16:8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... There are many things that can trouble our lives, but none that can shake us loose from the grip of God's grace if our hearts remain pointed at Jesus as...

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. —Psalm 46:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Where can we go when all the walls fall and all the armies crumble and all hope is lost? To the eternal God, who is our Father. He preserved Israel through the most difficult of...

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 19:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus' love for children in an age when they weren't highly regarded is a powerful reminder. It is a reminder of God's love for...

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. —Psalm 119:30 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus reminded us to "pick up your cross daily and follow" him. The way of truth is a daily choice. To not seek to intentionally put him at the center of our life, the top...

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God...

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: —James 1:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Have a brake on your tongue; hit the throttle on your ears. Let your angry email sit three days before responding and make sure you read it and edit it...

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! —Romans 11:33 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's plan to save us is incredible. His blueprints for the creation of our universe are beyond our imagining...

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. —2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Humility is not our...

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. —Hebrews 12:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "He drives where he looks, he drives where he...

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. —1 Timothy 2:5-6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We do not need to have another human, no matter how mighty, pious, or special, to intercede for...

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. —Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... A lot of different religious groups will give you all sorts of ways to know whether or not you...

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. —Colossians 3:12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Wonder what I'll need to wear to that meeting?" Paul reminds us that there is a set of clothing that is...