Bible Verse for Today

Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people.

—Psalm 3:8 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Deliverance does come from the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our Father. So we ask him to bless us with his richest and greatest blessings. But, he has already given his people the very greatest blessing, the gift of his Son. Now if we will only acknowledge and appreciate that blessing.

My Prayer...​

Thank you, O God, for the salvation you have...

 

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

—Philippians 2:10-11 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

I love the fact that I do each day what everyone will one day do: bow before the majesty and proclaim the Lordship of Jesus Christ to honor the Father's glory. How wonderful it is to be able to make that...

 

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name...

—Philippians 2:9 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

For Jesus, Graciousness + Guts + Giving + Grit = Glory. Just one of those equations in salvation math that doesn't make much human sense, but from the perspective of faith, it is powerful wisdom. Jesus came to our world because of the graciousness of God. Jesus had the "guts" to leave behind heaven and face the hardships of humanity...

 

But [Jesus] made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

—Philippians 2:7-8 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Christianity is not for wimps or the faint of heart. Our example is described by words like... "made himself of no reputation" ..."servant" ..."humbled himself" ..."became obedient" ..."death...

 

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God...

—Philippians 2:5-6 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Jesus did not hang on to his heavenly glory, but surrendered it to save us. Now he asks us to follow his example and share his heart. He wants us to treat each other as he has treated us, thinking of their needs and God's will before our own. Now that's one revolution I hope I get to see...

 

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

—Romans 1:16 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Are you ashamed? Culture tries to make us ashamed about our faith, portraying people of faith as stupid, insensitive, judgmental, and hypocritical. Are you ashamed? Are you willing to share your faith humbly and gently with those who do not know Jesus as their Lord? Are you...

 

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

—Matthew 1:22-23 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

God had repeatedly promised it. Men, women, and angels had long anticipated it. Now, in Jesus, it happens. God is with us. Jesus is Immanuel. We live on a visited planet, touched...

 

And she [###] shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

—Matthew 1:21 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Jesus. Yeshua. Joshua of the spiritual world. ###'s boy, God's Son, comes to help us tear down the strongholds Satan has built in our lives. He comes to bring peace to our troubled spirits and joy to our nights of despair. He comes to not only minister to us and bless us, he comes to do what no one else could...

 

But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, ###, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee ### thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

—Matthew 1:20 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Reassurance beyond understanding! That's the beginning of the Christ story for ###. What he cannot understand and what he had no part in creating, will now be the groundbreaking journey of his own...

 

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

—Proverbs 31:30 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Want to find a really good woman? Look for one that honors and reveres the LORD with all of her heart, soul, mind, and strength. Appearance, physical strength, and even personality can change and degrade. A woman whose heart is anchored and enlivened by the presence of God in her life will be a life-long blessing and a woman...