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The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. —Proverbs 23:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The greatest gift I can give my father, and my Father, is to be righteous in my heart and life. My Prayer... Holy and righteous...

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. —Philippians 3:20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... No matter what your passport says, if you are a Christian, there is no earthly country that can hold you, no borders that can claim, you and...

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? —Luke 11:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Think of all the great gifts you've been given. Next to Jesus, God's gracious sacrifice...

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. —Psalm 19:1-2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's voice is always speaking. His witnesses give testimony to his glory, majesty, and...

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. —Psalm 46:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... History tells me it has been true! Faith trusts it will be true eternally! Reverent silences, a pause in the hectic rush of our lives, reminds...

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. —Colossians 3:13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How can I not forgive a brother or sister for whom Christ died, when I know what God paid to forgive me? My...

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. —Matthew 7:13-14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's...

The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. —Habakkuk 3:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "The Lord is my strength!" Wow, what power we have in his abiding and...

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. —Psalm 90:2 and 4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's...

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of...

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. —1 Thessalonians 5:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... While Paul's exhortation here is excellent, it is the style of the exhortation we should especially notice. We live in an age where we are constantly...

Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. —1 Chronicles 29:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Praise is the...

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. —Proverbs 15:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Why is it so hard to endure an unjust or unfair criticism? Why do we always have to defend ourselves no matter how ridiculous the charge? Often the problems we have with...

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. —Hebrews 9:28 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Who are you waiting for? Can you think of anything more exciting than to wait for Jesus to come...

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself...

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we...

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. —Psalm 56:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... One of the powerful things about having a Bible, a repository of God's words, is that its age and varied countries and cultures remind us how...

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. —Psalm 103:17-18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Forever love is...

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. —Romans 12:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We are not alone. God has given us each other to live our lives for him and get us back home to him. Along the way, we want to share each others burdens, soar on each others joys...

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. —Acts 20:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How important is grace...