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O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! —Romans 11:33 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's plan to save us is incredible. His blueprints for the creation of our universe are beyond our imagining...

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. —Zephaniah 3:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So God likes to sing too! He even likes to share his lullabies with those he...

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. —Ecclesiastes 11:5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I don't know. I don't know! That has to be one of the hardest...

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. —Psalm 139:13-14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I am made by God! You are made by God...

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. —Proverbs 31:30 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So many things we honor and exalt in our culture are shallow and temporary. The one thing that lasts in a beautiful woman is not her charm or...

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. —Romans 8:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Free at last! Free...

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. —Ephesians 4:32 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Be kind and compassionate — two qualities that seem to be in short supply. Maybe it's because we hold up the wrong heroes...

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. —Matthew 18:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The right thing is so hard to do sometimes. It seems so much easier to gossip about...

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. —Colossians 4:5-6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... There are no random acts of kindness, only intentional acts given...

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. —1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Where does your heart live? That's what these verses are all about. It's about where we spend the most...

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. —James 5:16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... To confess our sins means we do two things with our sin: 1) we recognize sin for what it is in...

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4:6-7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse...

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... Humility is not our...

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. —Romans 12:12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Sometimes the key to survival is simply "setting our jaw" and going on faithfully trusting that God is there helping us, despite the apparent and outward circumstances...

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. —1 John 5:14-15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Confidence before...

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. —Hebrews 11:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I believe! I believe that God not only knows me, but cares about me. I believe that...

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: —Ephesians 4:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Speaking the truth is hard enough. You mean I have to do it in love? Yes, if I am to be Christ's man or woman, I must speak to others as he...

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: —Job 19:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Beyond what these words were first meant to convey, we know today that our Redeemer will return as the Rider on the white horse in triumph and victory...

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled...

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. —Luke 19:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "The Friend of Sinners." Of all the things Jesus was called, I believe that was his favorite. Come to think of it, I believe it's my favorite, too! My Prayer... Father, while I...