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I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. —Psalm 40:8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Too many of us are paranoid about the word law and find it hard to hear a scripture like this. But we must recognize that the goal of the New Covenant of grace and the gift of...

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. —Psalm 51:12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In the face of sin and separation from God, grace is a refreshing stream that restores salvation. But the joy of salvation is found only when we realize and accept the...

Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. —Psalm 37:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Rather than seeing this as a way to get our wish list granted, let's see it for what it really is — an invitation to seek a love relationship with God above all...

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. —Psalm 27:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... If there is anything we don't like to do, it's wait. Maybe that is why God is so interested in us learning to do it! There is something...

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. —Psalm 25:14-15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Where does true deliverance come from? Only from God. Deliverance is found...

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. —Psalm 19:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God does so much for us. He is the Strength and Promise that undergirds our lives. He is the One who has saved us from...

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. —Romans 12:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Don't be molded by the world. Wow, isn't that a tough one to obey. It's a...

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. —Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When Israel lay devastated in the face of a ruthless enemy that would rob all the glory and strip bare the very...

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. —Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When things are tough, I find it easy to call on God and lean on his mercy and grace. He's my...

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. —Proverbs 19:20-21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Man proposes, heaven disposes." Most of us rush to give...

Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. —Deuteronomy 13:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So many people want us to follow their lead and obey their voice. Only God alone has proved...

I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. —Isaiah 43:11-12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... 1 Peter 2 reminds us that...

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. —Psalm 63:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Addiction has been defined as "God-hunger directed to the wrong source of soul satisfaction."...

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: —Isaiah 26:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When we see mountains we feel small, knowing not only how much larger it is than we are, but also how much longer it has been here than we have been. But the Lord...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, —1 Peter 1:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The great truth about Jesus' empty tomb is not that just...

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. —Proverbs 27:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Don't you have your hands full with today? Don't you find yourself distracted from the urgent and important things of today when you worry about the problems of...

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. —Proverbs 29:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Fear is such a paralyzing emotion. It robs us vitality, decision making ability, and strength. Courage helps us step out of fear's paralysis and turn its...

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. —Matthew 5:11-12 (KJV) Thoughts on...

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. —Philippians 1:9-10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I don't know about you, but...

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. —1 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The Holy Spirit is God's abiding gift, God's seal and promise. The...