Bible Verse for Today

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

—1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

We are God's temple! God lives in us. What we do in our bodies is part of our worship to him. We are called to not only abstain from impurity, but we are called to glorify God in our bodies...

 

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

—Psalm 119:14 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Our treasure and our truth come from Scripture. Scripture is God's guidance for us on how to avoid Satan's harmful traps and to live God's blessed life. Rather than seeing God's Word as limiting, we need to see it as a gift of love and to value it more highly than riches.

My Prayer...​

Holy God, thank you for your written Word, your people's...

 

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

—Psalm 46:1 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Where can we go when all the walls fall and all the armies crumble and all hope is lost? To the eternal God, who is our Father. He preserved Israel through the most difficult of times, protected the Bible from those who would eradicate it, and has led his Church through troubles and triumphs through the centuries. He will do the same with us until he brings us home to...

 

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

—Luke 12:6-7 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

In a universe so vast, what is our little planet? In a planet so diverse and so full of life, what are simple everyday people? Among all the billions of people alive and who have lived before us, what significance do I have...

 

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

—Psalm 149:4 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Jesus left heaven and made himself a servant. He did so to enable the last to be first, the servant to be the greatest, and the least to be the most important. The arrogant, the abusive and the powerful have found it easy to reject the call of Christ for centuries — after all, Jesus died for the sinful and the weak and they're "important" and...

 

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.

—Isaiah 33:22 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

When we think about God's being our judge, we normally think of falling into judgment. Isaiah reminds us that God's being our judge means that he will be there to judge us based on his will, his rule, and his grace. He is on our side and is looking to save, not condemn. Using the New Testament idiom, when we stand before our Judge we see...

 

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

—Psalm 119:160 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

The requirements of morality and holiness are not temporary or fleeting because they reflect the nature of our Holy God who is eternal. They don't shift with the wishes of culture, but are true across cultures and times and wishes. We do not adapt God's will to our times, but we redeem our times by adapting our wills to his truth...

 

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

—Psalm 119:130 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Sometimes the right path is not so difficult to find; we just need to know where to begin our search — the reading of God's words. The right way is very seldom just the property of the bright, wise, and scholarly; it can be very clear for any of us if we will choose to look for it!

My Prayer...​

Holy Father, thank you for making your will...

 

Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

—Jeremiah 33:2-3 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

In a universe of billions of stars, think of the power of God who made them and knows each of their names. Think of all he knows that we don't. Think of all he has seen that is not in our history books. Think of all he has...

 

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

—1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Have you ever wondered how many potentially good friends you may have lost simply by judging them on your first impression of them? I'm amazed at how the first impression very seldom tells us...