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For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. —Hebrews 4:12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What is the...

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. —Psalm 107:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The Bible cries out with one recurring truth: God quenches the thirst and satisfies the hunger of those who seek him. So often we try to soothe the ache in our soul...

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. —Psalm 23:2-3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some of us won't slow down for anything! Well, almost anything. When we...

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. —Psalm 119:105 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So often, those of us who have received the blessings of faith and the guidelines of the Word of God don't fully appreciate them. Can you imagine what it is like to try to define ones...

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. —Psalm 92:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Gaze into the heavens on a dark night and see the wonders of the starry hosts. Think of the incredible diversity of earth's wonders. Look at your own...

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. —Psalm 23:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... A sheep is only as good as its shepherd. We are incredibly blessed! My Prayer... O Great Shepherd, carry me like a lamb, tenderly in your arms and close to your heart. My life, my future, and my...

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. —Psalm 9:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When was the last time you made up a song? The last time you made up a song of praise to God? Worried that you can't do it? Don't think it will be good? Don't...

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. —Psalm 91:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... At the end of summer's scorching heat, where did you find your shadow of protection and refreshment? When we place our lives in the care of God...

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. —Proverbs 3:31-32 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God does not like bullies, oppressors, or exploiters. Those who control by intimidation and violence...

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these...

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. —Proverbs 14:29 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Responding quickly to aggravation, threat, insult, or difficulty suggests strength to many folks today. However, responding hastily out of...

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. —Romans 8:28 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Bad stuff happens in life. Satan has a part to play in the bad stuff. Our own sins and their consequences also play a...

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. —1 John 2:27 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. —Romans 8:26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Isn't it incredible! Even in those times that my...

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. —Proverbs 3:3-4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Character is measured by the love and faithfulness we...

If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. —John 8:31-32 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Truth is not something we know, it is something we live. Jesus reminds us that we must not only know his teaching, but...

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. —Proverbs 16:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What is your source of significance? This proverb challenges us to view the world upside down to the rest of culture. Humility and association...

Whom [Tychicus] I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. —Ephesians 6:22 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... As Paul faced the difficulties of imprisonment, he was more concerned about the people in Ephesus than he was...

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. —Proverbs 3:21-22 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God used his wisdom to create the cosmos and all that is in it. Through his discernment, he appointed...

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone. —Ephesians 2:19-20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "We...