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The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. —2 Peter 3:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Maranatha — O Lord come! This cry of the early church...

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. —Matthew 16:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The key to life is letting go of ourselves and welcoming Jesus and his will into our lives. Please don't forget to relinquish your life...

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. —Leviticus 19:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Hanging on to bitterness and keeping alive grudges is consuming work. It leaves little energy for...

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. —Jeremiah 23:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... There is no hiding from God, but for those who willingly and joyously seek him, there is comfort, power, and hope...

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. —2 Thessalonians 3:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... It's amazing to me how Satan knows our "silver bullet sins" — those sins that can especially wound and disable us from the work of Christ. Commit in your heart to...

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... It is easy for us to live victoriously for the Lord when we soar on the...

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. —Psalm 121:7-8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our lives are not lived out on our own, alone. The Lord is with us...

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. —Psalm 91:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How good it is to be as close to God as his shadow and to share in the comfort of his sheltering presence. He is not far if our hearts choose to...

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? —Mark 8:36 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We chase after so many different things. Only one thing is needful. Having a fist full of dollars, a great estate, and lots of prestige doesn't mean a whole...

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, —Ephesians 5:25-26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... For husbands, there is sacrificial love in our purpose and purpose in...

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. —Ephesians 6:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Mothers have such an inside road with children that it is interesting that God commands fathers to be about the work of spiritual...

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. —Psalm 68:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I can't help but think of what James...

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. —Psalm 103:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Compassion. Not pity, not anger, not shame, not impatience, not intolerance, not rejection, but compassion is what God, my Father, gives to me. He cares for my pain...

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. —Proverbs 23:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The greatest gift I can give my father, and my Father, is to be righteous in my heart and life. My Prayer... Holy and righteous...

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. —Philippians 3:20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... No matter what your passport says, if you are a Christian, there is no earthly country that can hold you, no borders that can claim, you and...

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. —Psalm 19:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's voice is always speaking. His witnesses give testimony to his glory, majesty, and...

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. —Psalm 46:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... History tells me it has been true! Faith trusts it will be true eternally! Reverent silences, a pause in the hectic rush of our lives, reminds...

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. —Colossians 3:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How can I not forgive a brother or sister for whom Christ died, when I know what God paid to forgive me? My...

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. —Matthew 7:13-14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's...

The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. —Habakkuk 3:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "The Lord is my strength!" Wow, what power we have in his abiding and...