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Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. —Philippians 4:11 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Paul tells Timothy that one of life's greatest treasures is to find contentment in godliness (1 Tim. 6:6). With this treasure, our...

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. —Proverbs 31:10 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What would happen if we valued our spouses? What would happen if we publicly valued a faithful wife more than a voluptuous starlet? What would happen if character was valued...

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. —James 5:16b (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So many hearts, hopes, and homes are broken by sin. This brokenness infects our culture and...

Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. —Ezekiel 38:23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "They will know that I am the LORD," is a familiar refrain in Ezekiel's prophecies. Here it is also a...

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. —James 4:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Let's admit it. Most of us would like for spiritual growth to be easy. We want our ability to withstand tempation to require little effort. We want the Holy Spirit to...

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. —John 17:3 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Eternal life begins, now! That is one of Jesus' messages in the Gospel of John. For sure, we don't get to enjoy all of the blessings that...

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of . —Galatians 5:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Paul wrote to help the new believers keep their true freedom in Christ: freedom from trying to earn their righteousness...

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. —Proverbs 10:21 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... I have several friends who are very wise in the way they speak. When they do speak up, everyone listens attentively because their words are always wise, well-timed, and...

These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee... —John 17:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... John 17 is one of the most moving chapters in all the Bible. Jesus knows he is going to die. He...

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. —Psalm 127:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... "It's all up to you!" That's the prevailing mindset for high achievers in our world. But it is wrong. Our efforts...

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. —Matthew 6:33 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Seek! That is the focus word in this verse. This word is a robust word, describing a passionate pursuit of something to make it our own...

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever... —Psalm 37:28 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... God is committed to his people. He loves justice, and those who pursue it. He will not forget his people, those who seek to honor him by displaying his...

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. —Proverbs 10:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Righteousness brings us great blessings. Violence becomes its own vile reward, bringing to those who use it what they have done to others. So what's our...

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say...

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. —Proverbs 3:25-26 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What guards your heart from fear? Only one protector is sure and...

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? —Matthew 6:25 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Food and clothing are some of the...

Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 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...

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. —Romans 6:23 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our sin earns us death. God's grace gives us life. The difference between these two extremes? The Cross of Christ which spans the chasm of our sin...

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. —Proverbs 18:22 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Several great truths are taught us in the opening chapters of the Bible. First, we are made in God's image, both male and female. Second, we are made to be different...

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother... —Proverbs 6:20 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... So often today, we discount the wisdom of those who have come before us and who want to share with us the collective wisdom that was handed down to them by their...