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For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. —Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When Israel lay devastated in the face of a ruthless enemy that would rob all the glory and strip bare the very...

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. —Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When things are tough, I find it easy to call on God and lean on his mercy and grace. He's my...

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. —Psalm 62:8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... It is so hard to share the secrets of our hearts with anyone. We want to keep our secret failings, embarrassments, and sins hidden. We fear that...

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. —Proverbs 19:20-21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Man proposes, heaven disposes." Most of us rush to give...

Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. —Deuteronomy 13:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So many people want us to follow their lead and obey their voice. Only God alone has proved...

I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. —Isaiah 43:11-12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... 1 Peter 2 reminds us that...

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. —Psalm 63:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Addiction has been defined as "God-hunger directed to the wrong source of soul satisfaction."...

Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: —Isaiah 26:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When we see mountains we feel small, knowing not only how much larger it is than we are, but also how much longer it has been here than we have been. But the Lord...

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: —Isaiah 55:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In truth, God is always close to those who genuinely seek after him. The real problem is that we drift away from him, lose interest, and leave his presence. So let's seek...

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, —1 Peter 1:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The great truth about Jesus' empty tomb is not that just...

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. —Proverbs 27:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Don't you have your hands full with today? Don't you find yourself distracted from the urgent and important things of today when you worry about the problems of...

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. —Proverbs 29:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Fear is such a paralyzing emotion. It robs us vitality, decision making ability, and strength. Courage helps us step out of fear's paralysis and turn its...

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. —Matthew 5:11-12 (KJV) Thoughts on...

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. —Philippians 1:9-10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I don't know about you, but...

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. —John 3:20-21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Truth is seen in...

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. —1 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The Holy Spirit is God's abiding gift, God's seal and promise. The...

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 — pursue relentlessly — God's Lordship over your life and the righteousness that he demands in your daily life. The other stuff you...

For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. —Hebrews 10:30-31 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God hates injustice, unfairness...

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: —1 John 2:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God hates sin. Don't you? I know I do. But isn't it amazing how we'll fall back into the same...

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. —Hebrews 10:35-36 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... There are some tough times that go with living. They're...