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Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. —Psalm 139:23-24 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God does know us. We cannot pretend we are something we are not with him. He knows us — inside...

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. —Isaiah 25:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God's actions are not reactions to current situations, but part of his long term plan to...

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. —Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (KJV)...

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. —Joshua 1:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Never alone! What a promise. God will go with him, and us, through all the seasons of...

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. —Isaiah 55:8-9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... No matter how hard we try to perceive...

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. —Job 23:10-11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... How we long for this to be our true confession. We are not yet gold, but long to be. We...

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. —Psalm 73:25-26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What can truly fulfill and sustain us? Maybe the best way to...

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Power! We like that concept. When it is godly power, might does make right because godly power is accompanied by love and self-discipline. These...

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. —1 John 3:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "Talk is cheap!" "You can tell me with your words, but I want to see it in your life." "Put your life where your mouth is." We know the slogans; now...

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. —1 John 4:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Love is an action. The Bible stresses this truth again and again. Love must not only be spoken, it must...

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. —Matthew 22:37-39 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Some...

We love him, because he first loved us. —1 John 4:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... It's all very simple. God is love. He is love's origin, example, and architect. I love because he loved me first. I know how to love because he has demonstrated it. I can love because he made me in his...

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) —Ephesians 2:4-5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Of all things to be rich in, I cannot think of anything I'd prefer the...

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. —1 John 4:18 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What is there to fear since God sent his Son to die to redeem us? What is there to fear since we cannot be...

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to...

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. —Proverbs 17:9 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "It's just a little harmless gossip." The Wise Teacher reminds us that gossip is neither little or harmless. Its consequences are huge and...

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. —1 John 4:11-12 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Can you imagine what an honor it is to have the Creator of the...

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. —Romans 8:38-39 (KJV)...

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than...

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. —1 John 3:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... The original message — love one another. The enduring message — love one another. The most convicting message — love one another. The most difficult...