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Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say...

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." —Galatians 4:6 NIV Key Thought We have been adopted by God — we are children of the One who paints every sunset! To help us celebrate this incredible blessing, God has sent the...

Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith. —Galatians 3:14 NLT Key Thought What breaks down the barriers between cultures and nations and races? The...

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. —Proverbs 3:25-26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What guards your heart from fear? Only one protector is sure and...

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? —Matthew 6:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Food and clothing are some of the...

How foolish can you be? After starting your Christian lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort? —Galatians 3:3 NLT Key Thought Try harder! Be better! Achieve more! Seek perfection! These are all messages that we hear every day in our competitive...

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 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...

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. —Romans 6:23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our sin earns us death. God's grace gives us life. The difference between these two extremes? The Cross of Christ which spans the chasm of our sin...

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. —Proverbs 18:22 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Several great truths are taught us in the opening chapters of the Bible. First, we are made in God's image, both male and female. Second, we are made to be different...

And after [the Jewish leaders in Rome] had argued back and forth among themselves, they left with this final word from Paul: "The Holy Spirit was right when he said to your ancestors through Isaiah the prophet ..." —Acts 28:25 NLT Key Thought Jewish leaders in Rome come to visit Paul while he...

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother... —Proverbs 6:20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So often today, we discount the wisdom of those who have come before us and who want to share with us the collective wisdom that was handed down to them by their...

After several days of visiting [in Caesarea], a prophet from Judea by the name of Agabus came down to see [Paul and his traveling companions and hosts]. He went right up to Paul, took Paul's belt, and, in a dramatic gesture, tied himself up, hands and feet. He said, "This is what the Holy Spirit...

[Paul and his traveling companions] looked up the local disciples [in Tyre] and stayed with them seven days. Their message to Paul, from insight given by the Spirit, was "Don't go to Jerusalem." —Acts 21:4 MESSAGE Key Thought Okay, I admit this is confusing. Paul is convicted that he must go...

[Paul, to the Ephesian elders at Miletus:] "Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood." —Acts 20:28 NIV Key Thought Paul reminds the Ephesian elders of three heavenly...

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." "Actions speak louder than words." Let's show our love for our family, our friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ by the way we live...

[Paul, to the Ephesian elders at Miletus:] "But there is another urgency before me now. I feel compelled to go to Jerusalem. I'm completely in the dark about what will happen when I get there. I do know that it won't be any picnic, for the Holy Spirit has let me know repeatedly and clearly that...

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: —Ephesians 1:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... One of the best things we can pray for each other, and for ourselves, is that we might better know God...

When Paul placed his hands on [the people he had just baptized], the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. —Acts 19:6 NIV Key Thought The Holy Spirit is a vital part of our conversion and a crucial part of our daily walk with God and our transformation into the...

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." —Acts 19:1-2 NIV Key Thought...

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. —James 4:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... While I like to have choices, and I like to be responsible for my own decisions, I am truly thankful that God allows me to submit my life to his will and place my...