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For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. —Romans 6:5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So, here's the great news: if we have died with Christ, we've already died the only death that really matters. Our lives are...

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. —Ephesians 6:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Malachi 4:6 promised that fathers and children would be reunited in heart. Let's make that true in our homes by nurturing and...

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? —Romans 6:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... More than an outward symbol, baptism is coming to the core of the gospel (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) and sharing in it by grace (Romans 6:1-15). What an...

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. —Galatians 6:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "I didn't know Jesus had a law!" Well, he doesn't have a written one like we find in the Old Testament (2 Corinthians 3). No, his is Spirit-imprinted on our hearts and...

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. —Matthew 6:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Compassion is not for personal glory, just as it is not a private internal emotion. Christian compassion must...

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. —Acts 5:30 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Peter is making clear that his faith in Jesus didn't just begin with Jesus. It began with the Patriarchs, the great Jewish fathers. The God who blessed them also raised...

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. —Acts 5:29 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Against a stern warning from the ruling council in Jerusalem, called the Sanhedrin, Peter and the other apostles proclaimed Jesus as Lord. They knew that...

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. —Matthew 5:28 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Living in a sexually supercharged world and facing the prevalence of pornography on the Internet and in today's...

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, "Follow me." —Luke 5:27 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... After capturing the hearts of the crowd, Jesus now calls another disciple, Levi (Matthew). Two things are...

And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today." —Luke 5:26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus forgave a man who was lame, then showed he had authority to forgive by healing him. As exciting and important as this...

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. —John 5:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Aren't you glad that not even death can stop us from hearing Jesus' promised words to us...

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. —1 Thessalonians 5:23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We know that true righteousness and holiness are qualities possessed...

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. —Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Where the Holy Spirit lives, human character is changed and spiritual fruit can be seen...

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. —2 Corinthians 5:21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus was perfect, spotless, holy, righteous, and clean. Yet he became what he hated, sin. Why would he do such a thing...

Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. —James 5:20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When someone wanders from the path of God, let's not take that rebellion frivolously. God has given us...

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. —Mark 5:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... This man has been given back his life, ransomed from the power of Satan and...

And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. —Luke 5:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What is the fullest definition of a friend? The Bible offers us numerous definitions and examples. One of my...

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. —Matthew 5:16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... As Christians, we are not called to isolate ourselves from culture. We are not called to be hermits or monks. Instead, we are to...

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. —Ephesians 5:15 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Living with urgency doesn't mean living recklessly. It means living with a holy abandon to honor God and with a holy passion to...

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. —Amos 5:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Many illicit and evil groups have claimed to have God on their side. Horrific things have been done under the disguise of a...