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Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. —Psalm 143:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some days are just very tough! Those we care about are hurting. Our plans are falling apart. Our prayers fell like BBs shot into a...

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. —Amos 5:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What are you seeking to gain out of today? Do you seek good? Or will you pursue evil? Sure, we often don't call what we do evil...

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. —1 Peter 2:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... This world is not our destination. This world is not our home. This world is the place of our journey! Many things here can...

As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. —Psalm 55:16-17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Wow, this Psalm of confidence in God suddenly has a much more powerful ring to it after...

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. —John 20:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Overjoyed would be an...

And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus...

And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. —John 18:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Judas knew where to find Jesus during this intense period of religious preparation. It was no secret that Jesus would pray together with...

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. —1 Corinthians 1:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's ultimate "foolishness" is his willingness to use the cross to bring others to him. At first glance, the cross is a hideous and horrible...

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. —John 13:13-15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Before Jesus...

Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. —John 13:31 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In the powerful old hymn "Beneath the Cross of Jesus," we sing "my glory all the cross." That was genuinely true of Jesus. While other...

When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. —John 13:21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I can still remember my friend saying it in church one Sunday: "We think so badly of old Judas for...

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight. —Colossians 1:22 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Christians aren't perfect; they're just forgiven." We know we are not perfect. We know our weaknesses, inadequacies, sinfulness...

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. —Titus 2:13-14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some of the most basic and elevated statements about Jesus are made in 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. These letters...

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. —Proverbs 20:22 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Revenge is Satan's way of destroying both the innocent and the offender. Once vengeance becomes the motivation, the wounded party can suddenly be swept up in...

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. —Psalm 69:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What a beautiful prayer for any Christian! In a world that is so self-absorbed, isn't it...

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. —Colossians 1:21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So many people reject God because of the things they do not want to give up to honor and obey him. They may couch it in an...

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea. —Psalm 46:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our challenge is trusting that amid our lives, those...

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. —Proverbs 8:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When we have a deep and reverential respect for our holy God, we will love what God loves and hate what he hates. We need to...

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. —Colossians 1:19-20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How...

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. —1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Why would Jesus do it? How did he...