scripture quotations

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. —John 12:26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... We can't out serve, out love, or out give Jesus. He longs to bless us. He longs to pour out heaven's riches...

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven... —Hebrews 12:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... With the gift of Jesus comes an awesome responsibility...

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. —John 12:24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus announced this truth, recognizing that God was calling him to lay down his life so his...

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. —Romans 12:21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... A friend used to remind me that the number one goal in dealing with difficult people or circumstances is this: Don't become what you hate. He wasn't talking about hating the person, but he...

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. —Romans 12:17-18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... REDEMPTIVELY — That's how Jesus lived! He sought to make a difference in the lives of...

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. —Romans 12:16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Don't be conceited!" That's a command for someone else, right? I don't think I've ever met someone who felt he...

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. —Romans 12:12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How can we keep our circumstances from determining our mood? How can we emancipate ourselves from the limitations that life deals us? The last in the trio of commandments...

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; —Romans 12:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus made it clear that God wants us to be passionate about our Christian life. "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So...

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. —Romans 12:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our love cannot be feigned, faked, or fickle! That means that we abhor things that are evil. We not only stay away from them, but we disdain them. At the...

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God... —Luke 12:8 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What a simple way to inherit a blessing. Let's make sure that we don't fall into the trap of Peter during the night of...

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. —Proverbs 12:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... This is eventually true in every culture. An evil leader is murdered by his even more evil successor. Ruin comes to the one who brings ruination on others. But...

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him... —Hebrews 12:5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... When I was young, I always acted as if I hated discipline. It was...

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. —Romans 12:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... An arm detached from the body is just a dead and useless body part. We belong...

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. —1 Corinthians 12:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Say it today as often as you can: “Jesus is Lord.” But more than...

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. —2 Corinthians 11:30 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... One of Paul's recurring themes throughout 2 Corinthians is that God's strength is made perfect in weakness. In 1 Corinthians, he emphasizes that the...

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. —Luke 11:28 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God gave us his word to bless us. When we obey what he asks of us, we get to walk in that blessing. On the other hand, as Jesus reminded us at the end of the Sermon...

All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. —Matthew 11:27-28 (KJV)...

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. —Mark 11:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... To me, this is one of the most challenging reminders of God's will in Scripture. I must forgive others...

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. —1 Corinthians...

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. —2 Corinthians 11:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... While we wait for God's great victory for us to be fully realized, we also need to know that we are in a battle. God will win this battle through Jesus Christ. The...