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Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. —Ezekiel 9:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In times of evil...

[After Jesus answered that the greatest commandments are to love God and love others, the] teacher of religious law replied, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth by saying that there is only one God and no other. And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my...

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work... —2 Corinthians 9:8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What a powerful promise! If we are willing to generously share with others in the name of Jesus as...

[Jesus continued,] "The second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' No other commandment is greater than these." —Mark 12:31 NLT Key Thought In the previous verses (Mark 12:29-30), Jesus says that the greatest commandment is for us to love God. Now he says that the second...

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. —Mark 9:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Who are you listening to in your life? We can hear all sorts of different voices, but we can follow only one. So who are you...

Jesus replied, "The most important commandment is this: 'Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.'" —Mark 12:29-30 NLT Key Thought The essence of our response...

Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. —Nehemiah 9:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's...

One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the debate [between Jesus and the Jewish leaders]. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" —Mark 12:28 NLT Key Thought An honest seeker overhears the...

Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. —Nehemiah 9:5b (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Stand up and shout it if you love my Jesus..." That's a song our children love to sing! But what...

[Replying to the Sadducees, Jesus continued,] "But now, as to whether the dead will be raised — haven't you ever read about this in the writings of Moses, in the story of the burning bush? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of...

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest ... —Acts 9:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When Paul teaches that the Church is the Body of Christ...

[In answer to the Sadducees' question about marriage in heaven, Jesus continued,] "For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven." —Mark 12:25 NLT Key Thought With so much fascination about angels in recent...

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. —John 9:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Let's ask God to help us view people through the eyes of Jesus so that we will see them as people in whom the work of God...

[The Sadducees said,] "Teacher, Moses gave us a law that if a man dies, leaving a wife without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother's name. Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children. So...

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. —Isaiah 9:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... This great promise in Isaiah was fulfilled with the coming of Jesus (see Matthew 4:15-16; Luke...

Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees — religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question: ... —Mark 12:18 NLT Key Thought Clearly, this period of Jesus' ministry was filled with the carefully crafted questions from his enemies. Pharisees...

I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. —Psalm 9:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The words of Jessie Brown Pound's old hymn say it best: "If the light of his presence has brightened your way, O will you not tell it today?" Prayerfully...

"Well, then," Jesus said, "give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God." His reply completely amazed [his opponents who tried to trap him]. —Mark 12:17 NLT Key Thought Jesus' answer was as profound as it was simple. He refused to get caught in a debate with...

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. —Mark 8:31 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Knowing Jesus is God's Messiah is one thing. Following...

Jesus saw through [the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and supporters of Herod] and said, "Why are you trying to trap me? Show me a Roman coin, and I'll tell you [whether it's right to pay taxes to Caesar]." When they handed it to him, he asked, "Whose picture and title are stamped on it?"...