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I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. —Psalm 119:60 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Obedience is faith put into practice. Without action, James 2 reminds us that our faith is not real. So without arguing, let's quickly obey, even when we don't fully understand why because...

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. —Psalm 112:5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Generosity is love expressed in practical ways with joy. Generosity and justice are two character traits more needed in our selfish world — and traits of God who...

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 19:14 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus' love for children in an age when they weren't highly regarded is a powerful reminder. It is a reminder of God's love for...

He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. —Matthew 16:15-16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... There is no other name under heaven that can save us (Acts 4:12). We are to confess Jesus before men, knowing...

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. —Psalm 119:30 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Jesus reminded us to "pick up your cross daily and follow" him. The way of truth is a daily choice. To not seek to intentionally put him at the center of our life, the top...

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. —1 John 1:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... As we seek to please God and trust in his grace, more grace is supplied — we are given...

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. —Isaiah 41:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Fear saps our will power and leaves us feeling depleted and...

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. —Psalm 119:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Praise is integrally connected with our character. So for us to worship God, the intent of our hearts and the effort of our lives must show the...

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. —Romans 1:16 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... For the rich and poor, young and old, weak and strong, thin and heavy, there is still...

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: —Colossians 2:9-10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... If you had known Jesus' address in Nazareth along about A.D. 20, you could have gone to that house and...

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. —James 1:21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Isn't it true! When we find ourselves caught in the clutches of the moral filth of our culture, we...

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. —John 15:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Love is not just a feeling. Love is action. For believers, the action that most shows our love for Jesus is for us to be...

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God...

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. —Matthew 4:4 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Like Esau, we get so diverted by the mundane things of life and the growling of our bellies, we forget the...

Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: —Jeremiah 32:17 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... In the immense expanse of our universe, with its billions upon billions of stars, where our own...

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: —Philippians 1:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God finished his creation work in the world in 6 days. He sustains it with his powerful word. He is still working...

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. —Ephesians 3:20-21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Of all the names...

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. —Psalm 138:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... For Christians, God's temple is one of two related things: either the Christian's body (1...

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. —Psalm 18:30 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God is a shield whose Word can be trusted. His way is not only true, but it is also life-giving. But, we must take refuge in him if...

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. —Matthew 24:35 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What do you have that will last? Not much — the love you have for God and his children, the praise you offer him, and the Word he has spoken to us through his Spirit, the...