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Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. —Philippians 4:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Because the Lord is near, we can rejoice and treat others with gentleness. He is near because he lives in us through his...

I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. —Psalm 145:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The way we praise God forever and honor our pledge to give him glory for all the days of...

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. —Romans 13:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Wouldn't it be nice for God to let us off the hook at tax time? But he calls us to live his character in our...

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. —Psalm 144:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Time is so precious — time with our families, children, parents, friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ. How do you invest your time? Where do you invest it? You know, our...

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. —Amos 5:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... While we rightfully teach our children that we must not hate others, we also must teach them to...

Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. —Colossians 2:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In the world of mysterious religious ideas, Paul reminded the Colossian Christians that while the shiny religions around them and the particular practices of those religions...

The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. —Psalm 50:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some speak of Mother Nature, but the Scripture tells of The Mighty One, God the LORD, who controls our universe and sustains...

Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. —Psalm 143:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some days are just very tough! Those we care about are hurting. Our plans are falling apart. Our prayers fell like BBs shot into a...

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. —Amos 5:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What are you seeking to gain out of today? Do you seek good? Or will you pursue evil? Sure, we often don't call what we do evil...

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. —1 Peter 2:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... This world is not our destination. This world is not our home. This world is the place of our journey! Many things here can...

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. —Psalm 55:16-17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Wow, this Psalm of confidence in God suddenly has a much more powerful ring to it after...

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. —John 20:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Overjoyed would be an...

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus...

And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. —John 18:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Judas knew where to find Jesus during this intense period of religious preparation. It was no secret that Jesus would pray together with...

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. —1 Corinthians 1:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's ultimate "foolishness" is his willingness to use the cross to bring others to him. At first glance, the cross is a hideous and horrible...

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. —John 13:13-15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Before Jesus...

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. —John 12:46 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... One of the great stories in the Gospel of John is Nicodemus. Nicodemus was a great teacher who came to Jesus at night, and Jesus told him that those...

When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. —John 13:21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I can still remember my friend saying it in church one Sunday: "We think so badly of old Judas for...

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight. —Colossians 1:22 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Christians aren't perfect; they're just forgiven." We know we are not perfect. We know our weaknesses, inadequacies, sinfulness...

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. —Titus 2:13-14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some of the most basic and elevated statements about Jesus are made in 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. These letters...