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Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. —Proverbs 31:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What would happen if we valued our spouses? What would happen if we publicly valued a faithful wife more than a voluptuous starlet? What would happen if character was valued...

"As for me," God says, "this is my covenant with [the Israelites]: My Spirit that I've placed upon you and the words that I've given you to speak, they're not going to leave your mouths nor the mouths of your children nor the mouths of your grandchildren. You will keep repeating these words and...

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 5:16b (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So many hearts, hopes, and homes are broken by sin. This brokenness infects our culture and...

"What sorrow awaits my rebellious children," says the LORD. "You make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins." —Isaiah 30:1 NLT Key Thought In the time of Isaiah, God's people were in a very difficult predicament politically and...

Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. —Ezekiel 38:23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "They will know that I am the LORD," is a familiar refrain in Ezekiel's prophecies. Here it is also a...

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. —James 4:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Let's admit it. Most of us would like for spiritual growth to be easy. We want our ability to withstand tempation to require little effort. We want the Holy Spirit to...

Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. —Galatians 6:8 NLT Key Thought We have to make a choice. There are only two possibilities: Either...

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. —John 17:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Eternal life begins, now! That is one of Jesus' messages in the Gospel of John. For sure, we don't get to enjoy all of the blessings that...

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. —Galatians 6:1 NIV Key Thought Spiritual people are those who live under the influence of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:25). They...

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of . —Galatians 5:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Paul wrote to help the new believers keep their true freedom in Christ: freedom from trying to earn their righteousness...

Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives. —Galatians 5:25 NLT Key Thought We are given new life — born again into a new kind of life (John 3:3-7; Titus 3:3-7) in Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. Since the Spirit is the...

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. —Proverbs 10:21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I have several friends who are very wise in the way they speak. When they do speak up, everyone listens attentively because their words are always wise, well-timed, and...

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee... —John 17:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... John 17 is one of the most moving chapters in all the Bible. Jesus knows he is going to die. He...

For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. —Galatians 5:17-18 NIV Key Thought Our flesh, our...

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. —Psalm 127:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "It's all up to you!" That's the prevailing mindset for high achievers in our world. But it is wrong. Our efforts...

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. —Matthew 6:33 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Seek! That is the focus word in this verse. This word is a robust word, describing a passionate pursuit of something to make it our own...

For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. —Galatians 5:5 NIV Key Thought Waiting is hard. Waiting for something or someone special is incredibly hard. Waiting for our transformation to be like Jesus, full of righteousness and grace, is impossibly...

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever... —Psalm 37:28 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God is committed to his people. He loves justice, and those who pursue it. He will not forget his people, those who seek to honor him by displaying his...

In the days of Hagar and Sarah, the child who came from faithless connivance (Ishmael) harassed the child who came — empowered by the Spirit — from the faithful promise (Isaac). Isn't it clear that the harassment you are now experiencing from the Jerusalem heretics follows that old pattern...

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. —Proverbs 10:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Righteousness brings us great blessings. Violence becomes its own vile reward, bringing to those who use it what they have done to others. So what's our...