Daily Verse

In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it.—John 1:4-5Thoughts on Today's Verse...Jesus provides life that brings us light. His life provides us with genuine, lasting, and inextinguishable light. Jesus brings us life that gives us light that Satan's darkness cannot steal away. God sent Jesus to shine into our darkness, and all of […]

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?—2 Corinthians 6:14Thoughts on Today's Verse...Few other Scriptures have produced more difficulty for God's servants — ministers, pastors, elders — as they have sought to serve others. While not applying only to marriage, it almost certainly applies as a warning to a believer thinking about marrying an […]

Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.—John 3:20-21Thoughts on Today's Verse...What's the power behind your life? One straightforward way to find out is to come to Jesus and […]

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.—1 Peter 2:9Thoughts on Today's Verse...We are chosen as a people with a purpose and for a mission. We are brought out of the darkness of sin and given the marvelous light of salvation to help […]

Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.—Psalm 112:4Thoughts on Today's Verse...What a powerful promise! Just as night passes into dawn for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous child of God, dawn comes even on the worst nights of deep spiritual darkness. The Holy Spirit is reminding us that even in those worst times of cultural decay and decadence, Satan's darkness will not […]

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."—John 8:12Thoughts on Today's Verse...Are you walking in light, or are you stumbling around in darkness? Can you see your path, or are you disoriented along an uncertain path? Jesus wants us to follow him boldly. The way may not […]

Among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.—Ephesians 5:3Thoughts on Today's Verse..."Not even a hint!" Hmmmm! The church I attend and the person I see most often in the mirror don't quite measure up to this directive of "not even a hint...! If the sexual saturation of our society […]

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.—Matthew 5:14Thoughts on Today's Verse...For followers of Jesus, there is no playing hide and seek with the world. Having been rescued from darkness, we must let our light shine. This isn't a suggestion but the command of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus! Letting our lights shine sometimes means that others see God's light reflected in […]

For [the Father] has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves... —Colossians 1:13Thoughts on Today's Verse...God doesn't just hear our cries for deliverance; he also sends us powerful deliverers! God sent Moses in response to the Israelites' cries from Egypt (Exodus 3:1-9). God sent David in response to Goliath's ridicule of God's people by the Philistines (1 Samuel 17:1-50). […]