Bible Verse for Today

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

—Philippians 4:23 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Some prayers are so simple and precious that we need to pray them and not overanalyze them. Praying for grace to be with someone physically is a true blessing that transcends time. So, let's choose some folks who are precious to us, pray this blessing over them, and let them know what we have prayed!

My Prayer...​

God, please pour out your grace on the...

 

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

—1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

The Stock Market can be fickle. Friends can disappoint us. Nothing is truly sure except one thing, or better yet, our very special ONE person — Jesus! If we build our lives on his work, love, grace, power, and plan, we can hang in, persevere, and even...

 

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

—1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Life is ours! Death no longer holds us captive! God has given us victory through Jesus Christ our Savior and LORD. What else needs to be said?

"Praise God!"

"Hallelujah!"

"Thank you, Jesus!"

My Prayer...​

Thank you, Father, for sending Jesus. Thank you, Almighty God, for raising him from the dead. Thank you for the...

 

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

—1 Corinthians 15:55 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Death has the power to end our physical, human lives in this world. Death has the power to separate our loved ones from us in this world. Death has the power to discourage and defeat us. But we know the truth: Jesus lives victoriously over death! Because he lives, we know we will live with him. We believe that his victory over death is our victory over death. So...

 

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

—1 Corinthians 15:54 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

As Christians, even if our body dies, we don't! Our physical death just means that we will be given immortal bodies. Christ will raise us up and clothe us with immortality. Death will not have a hold on us because we are God's...

 

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

—1 Corinthians 15:51-53 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

We're going to be changed! I'm going to be changed. You're going to be changed! We're not...

 

For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

—1 Corinthians 15:25-26 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

How many times have you stood over the grave of a recently departed friend or loved one? It hurts! When was the last time you tasted grief and separation from someone you dearly loved? Oh, my, that hurts deeply! I don't know about you, but I am so thankful that the Bible identifies death as one of Jesus'...

 

Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

—1 Corinthians 15:24 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Closing time! That's when everything is counted, the doors are locked, and the final tally is made. Jesus is LORD of closing time. Even though he won the victory over death and sin while on the cross and with the empty tomb (Colossians 2:12-15), we're still waiting to...

 

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

—1 Corinthians 15:20 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

The angels at the empty tomb of Jesus asked the women (Luke 24:5), "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" These words are also the angels' words to us. Jesus is risen, and one day, so will we be raised from the dead:

Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (1...

 

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

—Proverbs 10:2 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Wealth, especially wealth gotten through greedy and wicked means, proves to be of no lasting value. This rancid kind of wealth rots the heart of the one who gets it. Even when we have this rotten wealth, it cannot save us from our ultimate demise. Righteousness, however, is a far more precious treasure. True righteousness comes from God as his gift...