Daily Verse

For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me."—1 Corinthians 11:23-24Thoughts on Today's Verse...Remember Jesus! Remember his great sacrifice. Remember his incomparable love for you! Remember him through his Supper! […]

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.—Proverbs 11:22Thoughts on Today's Verse...To take what is physically beautiful and then profane it with sin is to waste a great gift. It is sinfully sharing with someone who is clueless why God gave the blessing of physical beauty in the first place. It is debasing to the person given the beauty to waste it […]

"Lord," Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died."—John 11:21Thoughts on Today's Verse...If you have ever stood at the grave side of a loved one, this thought probably crossed your mind, too — "if you had only been here, LORD..."! Where is Jesus when we hurt? Why couldn't he be here to help us? There are a couple of crucial answers to remember. […]

The LORD detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.—Proverbs 11:20Thoughts on Today's Verse...Blameless? We can't make a claim to be blameless in our own achievements so how will the LORD delight in me? We are blameless because of Jesus' perfect sacrifice. God has forgiven and cleansed us and the Holy Spirit is working to perfect us so that we can be blameless […]

Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.—Deuteronomy 11:19Thoughts on Today's Verse...Moses gives us three crucial messages about God's commandments that were given to Moses for the people of God. As parents, it is our responsibility to teach God's commandments to our children — not the responsibility of the […]

When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life."—Acts 11:18Thoughts on Today's Verse...Breaking through racial and cultural barriers is never easy, but this was the challenge early church leaders faced when the Holy Spirit led Peter to share the gospel with Cornelius and his household, and they became disciples of Jesus. The Jewish disciples had […]

[The LORD said] "Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered, his right eye totally blinded!"—Zechariah 11:17Thoughts on Today's Verse...While we do not like to hear bad news and may not appreciate the pronouncement of judgment on others, there is a time when it is appropriate. Jesus was not only our sacrificial lamb, […]

Instead, they were longing for a better country — a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.—Hebrews 11:16Thoughts on Today's Verse...Hebrews 11:1-40 is full of reminders of the great heroes of faith from long ago. Many of them risked everything. Others even paid the ultimate price with their lives rather than betraying their faith. How did they […]

As the LORD commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.—Joshua 11:15Thoughts on Today's Verse...Joshua is one of my favorite Bible heroes. He was a great servant to Moses. He refused to be swayed by his peers or by the crowd when he spied out the Promised Land. He followed in the footsteps of a […]