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Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. —Acts 4:10-12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Jesus, there's just something...

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they...

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. —Romans 8:28 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God is in our lives. He is at work right now, undoing Satan's destructive messes and leading us to places he wants us...

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. —2 Peter 1:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God made us to be like him in character and compassion...

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations. —Deuteronomy 7:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God is faithful and his covenant is a covenant of love. He will...

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: —1 Peter 3:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We are to be ready and able to tell folks about the hope that Jesus has...

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, —2 Timothy 1:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Before the beginning of time! How do you understand when...

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. —Psalm 139:23-24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God does know us. We cannot pretend we are something we are not with him. He knows us — inside...

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. —Isaiah 25:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's actions are not reactions to current situations, but part of his long term plan to...

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. —Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (KJV)...

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. —Joshua 1:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Never alone! What a promise. God will go with him, and us, through all the seasons of...

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. —Isaiah 55:8-9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... No matter how hard we try to perceive...

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. —Job 23:10-11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How we long for this to be our true confession. We are not yet gold, but long to be. We...

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. —Psalm 73:25-26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What can truly fulfill and sustain us? Maybe the best way to...

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Power! We like that concept. When it is godly power, might does make right because godly power is accompanied by love and self-discipline. These...

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. —1 John 3:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Talk is cheap!" "You can tell me with your words, but I want to see it in your life." "Put your life where your mouth is." We know the slogans; now...

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. —1 John 4:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Love is an action. The Bible stresses this truth again and again. Love must not only be spoken, it must...

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. —Matthew 22:37-39 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some...

We love him, because he first loved us. —1 John 4:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... It's all very simple. God is love. He is love's origin, example, and architect. I love because he loved me first. I know how to love because he has demonstrated it. I can love because he made me in his...

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) —Ephesians 2:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Of all things to be rich in, I cannot think of anything I'd prefer the...