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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Since God could speak into existence the universe, and since God knows our names and the number of the hairs on our...

Joseph, chagrined but noble, determined to take care of things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced [when she became pregnant]. While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God's angel spoke in the dream: "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is...

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... God told Solomon that the...

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. —Philippians 4:23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some prayers are so simple and so precious. To pray grace "on" someone is a great blessing. To pray that this grace be more than physical, external things, is greater still. So why...

This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. —Matthew 1:18 NLT Key Thought While we try to understand how the Spirit of...

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. —Romans 15:13 NIV Key Thought We live in the overflow of God's grace. David said it well in Psalm 23, "my cup overflows." Because of the Spirit's...

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. —1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The Stock Market can be fickle. Friends can disappoint you . Nothing...

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. —1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Life is ours! Death no longer holds us captive! Victory has been given to us! Jesus is Lord. What else needs to be said? "Praise God!" My Prayer... Thank...

For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. If you serve Christ with this attitude, you will please God, and others will approve of you, too. —Romans 14:17-18 NLT Key Thought Who can argue with...

I speak the truth in Christ — I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit ... —Romans 9:1 NIV Key Thought We often use hyperbole to make an emphatic point about something that is important to us. Hyperbole is an overstatement meant to get other people's attention. The...

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? —1 Corinthians 15:55 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Death has the power to end life. Death has the power to separate. Death has the power to discourage and defeat us. But, we know the truth; Jesus lives! Because he lives, we know...

And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God's own will. —Romans 8:27 NLT Key Thought After the incredible promise of the previous verse and the Spirit's intercession for us (Romans 8:26 ESV), Paul adds promise...

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. —1 Corinthians 15:54 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... As Christians, even if our bodies die, we...

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. —Romans 8:26 ESV Key Thought Nearly all of us have been at this desperate place. Our souls are brittle and dry. All our...

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this...

For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. —Romans 8:22-23 ESV...

For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. —1 Corinthians 15:25-26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How many times have you stood over the grave of a recently departed friend or loved one? When was the last time you...

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. —Romans 8:16 NIV Key Thought We can believe that we are God's children. We can think it. We can desire it with all of our hearts. We can pray for it. But, the real validation happens when the Holy Spirit joins with the...

Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. —1 Corinthians 15:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Closing time! That's when everything is counted, the doors are locked, and the...

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. —Proverbs 10:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Wealth, especially wealth gotten through greedy and wicked means, proves to be of no lasting value. This rancid wealth rots the heart of the one who gets it and...