Bible Verse for Today

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

—Philippians 4:13 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

What's the basis of our happiness? If it's our outward circumstances, we're all in trouble because sooner or later, these aren't going to be too good. Paul said he had learned the secret to living above life's circumstances. That secret was Jesus Christ. Jesus was his assurance that no matter how difficult our problems might be, they were not permanent. No matter how...

 

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

—2 Corinthians 4:16 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

While we joke about growing older, the challenges of aging are tough. We realize our mortality. Our bodies can betray us. We can't do what we once could do. As Christians, we know that our aging actually brings us closer to home and to the time when Jesus gives us immortal bodies not subject to decay. God can help us...

 

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

—John 13:34 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Wow, that's a tall order to fill, isn't it! Jesus has just washed the feet of his disciples. Over the next few hours, Judas will betray him with a kiss, Peter will deny him three times, and the other 10 disciples will forsake and leave him to die alone. Yet he still washed their feet knowing they would do this. He still...

 

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.

—Romans 12:10 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

We are to be devoted to one another. We are to honor one another. And the basis of this loving devotion and honor is found in one central truth: Because God is our Father, we are one family. We are siblings in God's Kingdom. Our relationship is eternal and built on God's grace to us and our grace expressed to each other.

My...​

 

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them; Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the...

 

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

—Galatians 5:6 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

What matters most? Priorities are key in our everyday lives if we are to be successful and productive. This is equally true in our discipleship. We want to concentrate on what is key, essential, and most important. Paul reminds us what is essential: Faith showing itself in loving actions. Faith that does not show...

 

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

—2 Corinthians 4:5 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Our message is not ourselves. Jesus is Lord. One day all of creation will acknowledge and praise him. But for the people around us to praise Jesus today, they need to see him alive in us. We serve others in Jesus' name. We are his body — his hands of compassion, his heart of mercy, and his voice of tenderness. So let's lift...

 

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

—Psalm 2:11-12 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

The LORD is God. We must not take for granted his holiness and might. But the incredible reality of God's grace is this: God, who thundered at Mount Sinai and spoke into existence the universe with its marvelous expanse, loves...

 

[Joshua said,] "For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever."

—Joshua 4:23-24 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

God demonstrates his love to us because he is loving. God demonstrates his love to us...

 

Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

—Psalm 130:7 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

What do we have here that is unfailing and inexhaustible? Nothing except God's unfailing love. Even when we disappoint, hurt, offend, or rebel against him, he still loves us. While we were sinners he sent Jesus to redeem us from sin and death. Why trust anything or anyone else with our future? Let's lean on God's unfailing love...