Daily Verse

[When the light from heaven flashed around him, Saul] fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"   "Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked.   "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied.—Acts 9:4-5Thoughts on Today's Verse...When Paul later teaches in his letters that the Church is the Body of Christ (Romans 12:3-4; 1 Corinthians 10:10-16-17; Ephesians 5:23, 29; […]

"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life."—John 9:3Thoughts on Today's Verse...Let's ask God to help us view people through the eyes of Jesus so that we will see them as someone in whom the work of God needs to be displayed. When Jesus and his followers approached a man who was blind from […]

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.—Isaiah 9:2Thoughts on Today's Verse...God fulfilled this great promise of the prophet Isaiah with the coming of John the baptizer and Jesus (Matthew 4:15-16; Luke 1:76-79). Jesus came as the Light of the World (John 9:5) to cast out the darkness of Satan, evil, and death […]

I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.—Psalm 9:1Thoughts on Today's Verse...The words of Jessie Brown Pound's old hymn, "Will You Not Tell It Today?" say it best: "If the light of his presence has brightened your way, O will you not tell it today?" Prayerfully select someone who needs to know of the goodness and graciousness of God, then please, […]

[Jesus] then began to teach [his disciples] that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.—Mark 8:31Thoughts on Today's Verse...Knowing Jesus is God's Messiah is one thing. Following Jesus as our LORD is quite another. Getting our minds, hearts, and lives to line up with […]

Even as [Jesus] spoke, many put their faith in him.—John 8:30Thoughts on Today's Verse...While we often talk about Jesus as our LORD and Savior, we can also find it easy to ignore his voice, or worse, hear Jesus' words and ignore them. Our obedience to what Jesus says demonstrates that we have put our faith in him. To foolishly disobey, ignore, or neglect to do what Jesus says is to […]

"But what about you?" [Jesus] asked. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."—Mark 8:29Thoughts on Today's Verse...The sweetest confession any of us will ever make is this: "I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and I want him to be LORD of my life." Let's repeat it, out loud, to the glory of God the Father: "I believe that Jesus is […]

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.—Romans 8:28Thoughts on Today's Verse...The real issue in our lives is not God's faithfulness and goodness but ours. The history of God's faithfulness to Israel and his promises is found throughout the Scriptures. We can depend and rely on him to do what he promises despite […]

The men [in the boat caught in the storm] were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"—Matthew 8:27Thoughts on Today's Verse...What kind of man is this? Ah, Jesus is much more than a man; he is our LORD, King, Messiah, Shepherd, and Savior. Most certainly, when Jesus came in the flesh to earth, he was fully a man. Yet this […]