Bible Verse for Today

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

—2 Corinthians 9:7 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

God is working in us to conform our character and will to be like his own. God is a giver. God finds delight in generously blessing us. When we praise God for his grace, we are praising him for his gracious gift of love given to us in Jesus. He's a giver! Now he asks us to be like him: to be...

 

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

—Hebrews 13:6 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

How can we be confident in what happens today?
What is our assurance for tomorrow?
Where do we muster excitement about eternity?

The LORD is our helper! Fear will not be our master because our future, our destiny, our eternity rest in the hands of the eternal LORD. The worst that man can do is to send us home to my LORD, who will...

 

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

—Romans 6:5-6 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Paul reminds us that our baptism was more than just a dunking in water. In baptism, we share in Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. What he did to save us, we now get to...

 

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

—1 Thessalonians 4:14 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Jesus' resurrection was just the beginning! His resurrection means that those of us who have faith in him and trust the testimony of the first-generation eyewitnesses to his resurrection can have confidence in our future. Those who belong to Jesus, whether they are living or dead when he comes, will share in...

 

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

—Romans 8:3-4 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Jesus did what we could not do; he lived perfectly before God. He showed that sin isn't a necessity in our lives and that it does not have to hold us...

 

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

—Psalm 91:2 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

"In God we trust." That's the phrase written on much of the money in the United States. It's a great reminder. The global financial climate is inherently vulnerable to instability, as it is prone to fluctuations and susceptible to chaos and political turmoil. Only God is our refuge and fortress during the storms of life - whether they be health...

 

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

—Proverbs 27:1 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Jesus wants us to be humble about our future. We don't control tomorrow, so Jesus reiterated this theme from Proverbs (Matthew 6:31-34). Tomorrow may not come. Something horrible could happen tomorrow. Everything we possess could be gone tomorrow. In the face of these discouraging possibilities, is there anything positive we can hold onto...

 

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ...

—2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

In our battle against evil, we utilize the spiritual weapons of God, which...

 

Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.

—Psalm 32:7 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Out of the attacks of evil one come the victories of God and the victory chants of God's people. Let us make God our refuge, our hiding place, and our source of security. The LORD Almighty is our hope in times of trouble. He protects us from trials, troubles, temptations, and gives us songs of glorious deliverance...

 

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

—Ephesians 6:12 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

The battle we face is not a physical one. It is not one against other people, even if they hold us as enemies. Our battle is part of our war with powers that we cannot easily see, yet which are powerful and pervasive. We must not dismiss this...