Daily Verse

Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Utterly abhor and detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.—Deuteronomy 7:26Thoughts on Today's Verse...A little corruption, a little poison, and a little rotten are not all that bad, are they? Of course, they are! God has made us pure and perfect in Jesus (Colossians 1:21-23). What a glorious thought! […]

Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not.—Acts 7:25Thoughts on Today's Verse...Timing can be everything. Well, maybe not everything, but an important thing. God's plan and power provide us with everything. Finding God's timing and power for his plan is crucial. When Moses took it upon himself to redeem God's people before God called him to do so, […]

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God — through Jesus Christ our Lord!—Romans 7:24-25Thoughts on Today's Verse...Our bodies are mortal and flawed. Our weakness and sin taint them. But, by the grace of God given each of us in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:1-10) and the transformational power of the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:17-18), our future does not […]

[The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel and said: "This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel...] Prepare chains, because the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of violence."—Ezekiel 7:23Thoughts on Today's Verse...God hates it when the innocent are afflicted with violence and bloodshed. God hates evil and political corruption. He hates false courts and leaders who abuse their power. We […]

[King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said:] "How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears."—2 Samuel 7:22Thoughts on Today's Verse...The promises of God to Abraham and David, the work of God through Jesus, and the miraculous preservation of both the Abrahamic and Davidic lines to […]

[Speaking to the Israelites about their enemies, Moses said:] "Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God."—Deuteronomy 7:21Thoughts on Today's Verse...What foe can defeat us as the people of God? None when we gladly welcome the presence of our holy God among us! Our God, our Deliverer, is mighty in power, awesome in holiness, and greater than […]

There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.—Ecclesiastes 7:20Thoughts on Today's Verse...Yep, we're all broken, flawed, and tainted (Romans 3:9-11, 23-24). Or, at least, that is what we were before God saved us, the Spirit sanctified us, and Jesus brought us into his family (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). Praise God! Praise God because of his grace. Praise God for the work of Jesus. […]

[Moses addressed Israel, reminding them of God's deliverance of them from Egypt, and his commands given to them:] "You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the miraculous signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the LORD your God brought you out [from bondage and delivered you.]. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear."—Deuteronomy 7:19Thoughts on Today's […]

[When Daniel was alarmed by his visions of the future, he approached one of those standing by him in his visions. The presence told Daniel:] "But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever — yes, for ever and ever."—Daniel 7:18Thoughts on Today's Verse...The Kingdom will belong to God's saints, his children, the followers of Jesus, and the people of the Most High […]