Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. —1 John 3:18 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… “Talk is cheap.” “Actions speak louder than words.” Let’s show our love for our family, our friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ by the way we live and what we do…

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. —Ephesians 1:17 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… One of the best things we can pray for each other, and for ourselves, is that we might better…

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” —Jeremiah 6:16 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Many times, temptation is a…

Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” —James 4:15 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… While I like to have choices and must be responsible for my own decisions, I am genuinely thankful that the LORD allows me to submit my life to his will…

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? … No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. —Romans 8:35-37 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… More than conquerors! What a great phrase. Conquerors are what…

Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. —Romans 6:13 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… We come to today’s message after…

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. —Psalm 103:12 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Let’s praise and thank God our Father. He doesn’t just forgive our sins; he removes them from us completely. Hallelujah! My Prayer… Loving and merciful Father and holy God, thank you…

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Jeremiah was telling God’s people that 70 years after the devastation they were facing because of their rebellion and sins,…

I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. —Isaiah 61:10 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… This is…

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. —1 John 1:9 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… When we view our sins the same way that God does and confess them, God forgives and purifies us. Honest confession opens our hearts to the…

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. —Micah 6:8 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Sometimes we need God to make what he wants from us plain and simple to understand. I need…

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. —Matthew 7:7 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… God wants us to seek his blessings. This is not because he wants to manipulate our lives, but because he longs to bless us and have us…

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. —Proverbs 3:5-6 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Trust, by definition, can’t be half-hearted. Either it is a full trust or it is clouded with suspicion and doubt, and…

[Bless the LORD] who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. —Psalm 103:5 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Our heavenly Father is the God of new things, the God of renewal and blessing (Isaiah 43:18-21). His desire is to renew and bless us. He wants to not only…

Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. —Romans 6:3-4…

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. —Proverbs 16:3 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… The real question behind this promise is very simple: How do I define success for my plans? The answer is very simple as well: bringing glory to God for his grace (Ephesians 1:6, 12, 14). Committing our…

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. —Galatians 6:2 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… This is another way of saying, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” or “Love your brother and sister in Christ as yourself.” Jesus came to bear our burdens and carry away the stain and pain…

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? —Romans 6:1 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Grace doesn’t mean that we are sloppy with our sins. We have died to sin when we surrendered our…

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. —Isaiah 40:30-31 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… What is your strength? Is…

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. —Galatians 2:20 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Christianity, following in the way of Christ Jesus, is…

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. —Galatians 5:25 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… It is one thing for us to talk about being filled with the Spirit, but it is quite another to live under the Spirit’s control and direction in our lives. Paul reminds us in this…

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. —Proverbs 31:8 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… God’s people in every era are called to defend the rights of the weak, speak up for the disenfranchised, and protect the life of those who are vulnerable — born or unborn,…

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. —Isaiah 40:28-29 Thoughts on Today’s Verse……

“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” —Jeremiah 33:3 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… These words were spoken initially to Jeremiah about the fate of Jerusalem. However, this promise is true in special ways for us as well. God wants us to call to…

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. —Jeremiah 29:13 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… God wants us to seek him. In fact, he made us to seek after him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength (Matthew 22:37-38)! Unfortunately, we often seek God and the other things…

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. —Acts 16:25 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Falsely imprisoned, Paul and Silas were dragged and beaten by the crowd, beaten with rods, and then severely flogged — yes beaten three times (Acts 16:19-23). After this abuse,…

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy — to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. —Jude 24-25 Thoughts on Today’s Verse……

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. —Ephesians 2:10 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… We are not just saved by grace FROM sin, death and hell. We are saved by grace FOR God’s glory. He created us in our mother’s womb…

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. —1 Peter 5:7 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Our worries are often heavy because we refuse to put them down. We don’t cast our burdens upon the LORD. Let’s consciously put our future in his hands TODAY. Let’s trust our worrisome fears to his care…

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. —Philippians 1:21 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… The ultimate question in each of our lives is simply this: Do we have something to live for that is also worth dying for? As Paul faced possible death in prison, his answer was “Yes!” He could…