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And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. —Colossians 3:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Peace — that elusive state of grace that incorporates all of life's well-being. Because of Jesus, we have true shalom — wellness...

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge. —1 Corinthians 1:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The apostle Paul was amazing. He is writing one of the...

O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. —Psalm 95:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Joy knows no better explanation than laughter and song...

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. —Psalm 1:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I get to...

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. —John 17:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's promises, God's Scripture, and God's clearest message of all, his Son, are truth. But only the last of these is truth, grace, deliverer, friend, Lord, Savior, brother, Redeemer... My...

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. —Psalm 119:105 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's promises, God's Scripture, helps us find our way in a pluralistic world of competing voices and lights our path in time so given to cynicism and despair. What such great grace we...

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. —Psalm 119:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... From our perspective of grace and having been liberated from law-keeping as a means of justification and righteousness, this is a very fitting prayer. We can look around our...

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. —Psalm 119:143 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... This verse is hard for me, because I know I am so blessed. Trouble and distress do not seem to be a part of my vocabulary right now. But I know in many places in...

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: —1 Peter 3:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Having stood over the open graves of friends, family, and strangers, I know the...

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. —1 Peter 2:15-16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What does the world most need to hear from me...

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. —Colossians 1:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In a world where we can feel so isolated and...

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. —1 John 2:15-16 (KJV)...

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. —Job 37:5-6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Isn't that a beautiful phrase...

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. —Isaiah 1:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Nothing stains quite as sin. It not only leaves a stain in our heart...

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve... but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. —Joshua 24:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... While we can't speak for everyone in our family, we can commit to what everyone in our family should...

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. —1 Timothy 2:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: —Ephesians...

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. —Romans 13:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Ouch! I hate taxes. But I have to admit, I enjoy many of the privileges and blessings that those taxes afford. Paul reminds us in...

Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. —2 Corinthians 3:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... A new covenant — God willingly entered into a new agreement with us, his creatures, sealed...

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. —Romans 13:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Yes, there are things we don't like about our government. But God has truly blessed most of us so we can enjoy the...