Daily Verse

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 […]

Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.—Psalm 90:14Thoughts on Today's Verse...What's the secret of having a good day? How about waking up and recognizing that we begin each day just as we ended the previous one — we are in the gracious grip of God's unfailing love. That should make our hearts stir with love, and […]

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.—2 Corinthians 5:21Thoughts on Today's Verse...When was the last time you thought of yourself as "the righteousness of God"? What does that mean anyway? It means that we have the best of qualities found in the best of beings; God himself! Even though we were created in the […]

May the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.—Psalm 68:3Thoughts on Today's Verse...Let's join our hearts today; tens of thousands of us joined together! (Over 300,000 share our devotionals daily, so imagine this large chorus rejoicing in praise!) Let's pray for God to make us truly joyful and happy people who live righteously to his glory. We want our joy to be as unshakeable […]

Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.—Psalm 97:12Thoughts on Today's Verse...Joy! Rejoicing! Excited praise. Joyous songs. When we think about the glory of God and the grace that he has shared with us in Jesus to make us righteous, how can we not rejoice? God is gloriously holy and majestic. He is wondrously eternal and just. We, on the other hand, are flawed, mortal, […]

I am suffering ... Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.—2 Timothy 1:12Thoughts on Today's Verse...As Paul faced extremely challenging circumstances near the end of his life, many he had led to the LORD had abandoned him. Nevertheless, he was confident that the LORD would not abandon […]

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.—Philippians 1:20Thoughts on Today's Verse...Do you have long-term spiritual goals that align your daily behaviors with your faith? Paul certainly had at least these two: "I don't want to be ashamed but courageous" and "I […]