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Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. —John 8:12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Darkness is more than a symbol, it is a pervasive way of living and viewing the world...

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. —John 6:35 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We crave food at regular intervals during the day. During this holiday season food occupies our thoughts and...

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds. —Hebrews 1:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God is a...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. —John 1:1-2 and 14 (KJV)...

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what...

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. —Colossians 3:16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We sing when we are happy. We sing when we are...

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: —Hebrews 12:28 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We are receiving the triumphant and glorious victory of God in his Kingdom. We will join with the...

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. —Colossians 3:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Everything! All! No matter what we say, no matter what we do, it is to be offered as a gift of thanks to God with Jesus'...

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. —Colossians 2:6-7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some things you don't change, swap, or update. In...

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. —Psalm 100:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Worship is always about entering —...

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. —Colossians 3:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Peace — that elusive state of grace that incorporates all of life's well-being. Because of Jesus, we have true shalom — wellness...

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge. —1 Corinthians 1:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The apostle Paul was amazing. He is writing one of the...

O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. —Psalm 95:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Joy knows no better explanation than laughter and song...

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. —Psalm 1:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I get to...

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. —John 17:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's promises, God's Scripture, and God's clearest message of all, his Son, are truth. But only the last of these is truth, grace, deliverer, friend, Lord, Savior, brother, Redeemer... My...

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. —Psalm 119:105 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's promises, God's Scripture, helps us find our way in a pluralistic world of competing voices and lights our path in time so given to cynicism and despair. What such great grace we...

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. —Psalm 119:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... From our perspective of grace and having been liberated from law-keeping as a means of justification and righteousness, this is a very fitting prayer. We can look around our...

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. —Psalm 119:143 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... This verse is hard for me, because I know I am so blessed. Trouble and distress do not seem to be a part of my vocabulary right now. But I know in many places in...

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: —1 Peter 3:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Having stood over the open graves of friends, family, and strangers, I know the...

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. —1 Peter 2:15-16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What does the world most need to hear from me...