Daily Verse

I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. —Psalm 69:30Thoughts on Today's Verse...When was the last time you sang praises to God outside a church building or devotional service with other believers? Why not open up the Psalms and find several verses that reflect your personal praise and thanks to God? Then, give them a tune — your own tune! God doesn't care if your spiritual […]

For this is what the high and exalted One says — he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.”—Isaiah 57:15Thoughts on Today's Verse...As many of us leave our season of Thanksgiving and transition into the […]

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe.—Philippians 2:14-15Thoughts on Today's Verse...Don't complain or argue! We don't usually associate these things with purity and blamelessness, do we? Paul was extraordinarily close to these Philippians, and he knew them well. He knew their strengths and […]

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.—Romans 15:4Thoughts on Today's Verse...If the Bible is a love story, then its theme is hope. No matter how dire the circumstances, no matter how big the enemy, no matter how deep the sin, no matter how lost the people, no matter how empty […]

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.—Psalm 34:18Thoughts on Today's Verse...While many of us are richly blessed spiritually and physically, many of God's people face hardship and difficulty. You may be one of those in difficult circumstances. Please remember that God has not abandoned you. Jesus is the great reminder that God cares and involves himself with the broken, forgotten, and downtrodden. […]

You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.—2 Corinthians 9:11Thoughts on Today's Verse...As we examine our blessings and thank God for his wonderful grace, let's ask why God has blessed us so much. Let's also remember the primary spiritual principle God made clear in today's Scripture and his call to […]

Be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.—1 Samuel 12:24Thoughts on Today's Verse...God is awesome and mighty. He can do anything he chooses to do. So isn't it amazing that of all the things he could do, God chooses to love and bless us? God blesses us with material blessings. He blesses us with spiritual […]

Be joyful always.—1 Thessalonians 5:16Thoughts on Today's Verse...Now wait just a minute. I have some pretty sorry days! Things don't always go well for me! Some of my friends have abandoned and betrayed me in my worst moments. How can I be joyful, ALWAYS? The Father reminds me: "It's simply, my child, understand that joy is more than always feeling happy. Instead, joy is a deep abiding sense of my […]

To the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.—Romans 16:27Thoughts on Today's Verse...All other gods are false, anemic, and dim shadows of the one true and living God. Only El Shaddai, the LORD God Almighty, Yahweh God of the Covenant, deserves our praise. We praise him for his gift of Jesus to atone for our sins, his gift of mercy to perfect our failings, his gift of […]