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For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we...

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. —Psalm 56:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... One of the powerful things about having a Bible, a repository of God's words, is that its age and varied countries and cultures remind us how...

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. —Psalm 103:17-18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Forever love is...

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. —Romans 12:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We are not alone. God has given us each other to live our lives for him and get us back home to him. Along the way, we want to share each others burdens, soar on each others joys...

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. —Acts 20:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How important is grace...

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. —John 3:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How do you view God? Is he someone looking for a way to condemn you? Is he an out of touch old man who doesn't really know what it's like...

God places value in our journey and the discovery of age-old truths that are vibrant and life-changing for us here in our specific new season. I've grown up around Bible stories. Every Sunday school, morning devotional, and church service were connected to the Bible. I knew my mom's...

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another. —Romans 12:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Being "devoted to another in brotherly love" requires that our church talk — we're family, brothers and sisters, children of God — must be more than...

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. —Romans 15:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Being disappointed and dissatisfied with life can be caused by a myriad of things. But for many of us, these are symptoms that we have focused too much on ourselves and are...

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. —Galatians 5:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Freedom is a wonderful gift when it is handled with responsibility. Not being under law is such a sweet grace...

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. —1 Corinthians 1:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... If people...

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. —Romans 15:5-6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Unity comes from God's Spirit as we...

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. —James 3:17-18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's...

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. —Hebrews 6:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So much assurance in such a short verse! God is not unjust — boy is that an...

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. —Zephaniah 3:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So God likes to sing too! He even likes to share his lullabies with those he...

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. —Ecclesiastes 11:5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I don't know. I don't know! That has to be one of the hardest...

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. —Psalm 139:13-14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I am made by God! You are made by God...

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. —Proverbs 31:30 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So many things we honor and exalt in our culture are shallow and temporary. The one thing that lasts in a beautiful woman is not her charm or...

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. —Romans 8:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Free at last! Free...

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. —Ephesians 4:32 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Be kind and compassionate — two qualities that seem to be in short supply. Maybe it's because we hold up the wrong heroes...