Bible Verse for Today

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

—Luke 2:20 (KJV)

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Can you imagine the shepherds returning to their flocks after the night they had? They had seen God's glory. They had experienced the presence of the angel of the LORD. They had seen the newborn King, the promised Messiah, the Savior of the world. It was just as they had been told by the holy heavenly...

 

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

—Luke 2:11 (KJV)

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Look at all the angel reveals in this verse. Jesus is a descendant of David, the king of eternal promise (1 Kings 8:25-26). He is the Savior of all peoples. He is Christ, the Messiah, the promised hope of Israel. He is LORD, ruler of all creation and master of our lives. The real question is not who is this one placed in a manger, but...

 

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

—Luke 2:10 (KJV)

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"Do not be afraid." That's what the angel of the LORD tells the shepherds as they see him and the glory of the LORD" shining around them. They were terrified because the angel was unexpected, glorious, and overwhelming.

So, what can cast away fear in such a moment of heaven's glorious radiance? The...

 

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

—Luke 2:6-7 (KJV)

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Despite Jesus' miraculous conception in Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit, the LORD entered our world in the most common of ways. The time came to be born, his mother went into...

 

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

—Luke 2:4-5 (KJV)

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For the next few days, let's journey with Joseph and Mary as they experience the incredible grace of God in the miraculous birth of God's Son to their family. These verses give us the...

 

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. ... And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

—Acts 2:21, 40-41 (KJV)

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Call on the name of the LORD to save you! Proclaim Jesus as your risen LORD! Share with him in...

 

Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

—Acts 13:38-39 (KJV)

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Law couldn't do it. Sacrifices couldn't do it. Piety couldn't achieve it. Religious practices couldn't make it happen. Only Jesus could bring complete salvation, the forgiveness of sins, and...

 

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

—Psalm 80:19 (KJV)

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In the days of Jesus' birth, a group of devout and lowly people called the "pious poor" were looking for God's redemption of his people. We meet some of them in the first two chapters of Luke's Gospel - Zechariah and Elizabeth, Anna and Simeon, along with Mary and Joseph. They knew that salvation could not, and would not, come without great cost -...

 

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

—Proverbs 31:9 (KJV)

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"No room in the inn!"
"Placed him in a manger!"
"Take the Child and flee to Egypt!"

Those were the kinds of words to describe the birth of Jesus, the Son of God, and our Savior, whose earthly parents were powerless and poor by the world's standards. Our LORD was born into a world that played favorites and often despised the poor and powerless...

 

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

—2 Corinthians 4:17-18 (KJV)

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Life can be very tough. Eventually, our bodies are going to wear out and die. In the process of living, we're going to face some...