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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, —Ephesians 5:25-26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... For husbands, there is sacrificial love in our purpose and purpose in...

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. —Ephesians 6:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Mothers have such an inside road with children that it is interesting that God commands fathers to be about the work of spiritual...

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. —Psalm 68:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I can't help but think of what James...

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. —Psalm 103:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Compassion. Not pity, not anger, not shame, not impatience, not intolerance, not rejection, but compassion is what God, my Father, gives to me. He cares for my pain...

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. —Proverbs 23:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The greatest gift I can give my father, and my Father, is to be righteous in my heart and life. My Prayer... Holy and righteous...

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. —Philippians 3:20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... No matter what your passport says, if you are a Christian, there is no earthly country that can hold you, no borders that can claim, you and...

Children, chores, and never-ending responsibilities bring opportunities to turn our selfish hearts back to God. I hit snooze three times — not because I wanted to sleep in, but because I had set multiple alarms. My night was spotty at best, with a chunk of four hours in the dead of...

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? —Luke 11:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Think of all the great gifts you've been given. Next to Jesus, God's gracious sacrifice...

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. —Psalm 19:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's voice is always speaking. His witnesses give testimony to his glory, majesty, and...

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. —Psalm 46:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... History tells me it has been true! Faith trusts it will be true eternally! Reverent silences, a pause in the hectic rush of our lives, reminds...

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. —Colossians 3:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How can I not forgive a brother or sister for whom Christ died, when I know what God paid to forgive me? My...

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. —Matthew 7:13-14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's...

The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. —Habakkuk 3:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "The Lord is my strength!" Wow, what power we have in his abiding and...

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. —Psalm 90:2 and 4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's...

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of...

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. —1 Thessalonians 5:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... While Paul's exhortation here is excellent, it is the style of the exhortation we should especially notice. We live in an age where we are constantly...

Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. —1 Chronicles 29:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Praise is the...

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. —Proverbs 15:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Why is it so hard to endure an unjust or unfair criticism? Why do we always have to defend ourselves no matter how ridiculous the charge? Often the problems we have with...

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. —Hebrews 9:28 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Who are you waiting for? Can you think of anything more exciting than to wait for Jesus to come...

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself...