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When you send your Spirit, [all creatures] are created, and you renew the face of the ground. —Psalm 104:30 NIV Key Thought Psalm 104 praises God as creator and sustainer of the earth. One of the dimensions of his providential care has to do with the work of the Holy Spirit. The same Spirit...

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... Most of us don't like being scrutinized and tested. But God knows us through and through. He has...

"As for me, this is my covenant with [those who repent of their sins]," says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants — from this time...

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. —Acts 1:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus' resurrection changed everything! The women who were so faithful to him through the crucifixion and...

Then Jesus came to [the eleven disciples] and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded...

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. —Proverbs 10:12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our worst tendencies want to repay evil with evil, spite for spite, pettiness with pettiness, and hatefulness with hatefulness. God has always wanted his people to be the redemptive...

Then, surrounded by the Pharisees, Jesus asked them a question: "What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They replied, "He is the son of David." Jesus responded, "Then why does David, speaking under the inspiration of the Spirit, call the Messiah 'my Lord'? For David said, 'The...

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... How do we effectively share our faith, especially in situations hostile...

[Jesus:] "But if I am casting out demons by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you." —Matthew 12:28 NLT Key Thought Jesus healed broken people. The results of his miracles were beyond dispute, even to his critics. His miracles forced everyone in his day — and they...

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. —Philippians 4:8...

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations." —Matthew 12:18 NIV Key Thought Matthew is quoting a prophecy from Isaiah 42, applying it to Jesus in a time of rising conflict. In spite of the...

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? —Psalm 85:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God loves his children even when they are rebellious. However, God showed Israel that their rebellion would drive his presence and blessing from them. But with their genuine...

[After his baptism,] Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. —Matthew 4:1 NIV Key Thought We sometimes miss part of the significance of this verse because some of the wording is different from Mark and Luke. Notice carefully that Jesus was LED INTO the...

The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. —Psalm 121:8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Does it matter to anyone that I'm here? Does anyone notice when I'm gone? Does anybody care if I make it home or never leave the house? The...

The moment Jesus came up out of the baptismal waters, the skies opened up and he saw God's Spirit — it looked like a dove — descending and landing on him. And along with the Spirit, a voice: "This is my Son, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life." —Matthew 3:16-17 MESSAGE Key...

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. —Psalm 121:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I still remember when my children were little. I would sneak in and watch them sleep. Sometimes it was to check on them when they were sick. Sometimes it was to just...

[John the Baptizer:] "I baptize with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is greater than I am — so much greater that I'm not worthy even to be his slave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." —Matthew 3:11...

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Since God could speak into existence the universe, and since God knows our names and the number of the hairs on our...

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... God told Solomon that the...

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. —Philippians 4:23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some prayers are so simple and so precious. To pray grace "on" someone is a great blessing. To pray that this grace be more than physical, external things, is greater still. So why...