Bible Verse for Today

And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

—John 11:26 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

These were Jesus' words to Martha when her brother had died. She still hoped Jesus would intervene and do something about her brother's death. What Jesus says here fits well with something we emphasized several days ago. Christians who die physically are never really separated from their relationship with God's loving presence in Jesus (Romans...

 

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

—Mark 11:25 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

This passage is one of the most challenging reminders of God's will in Scripture. I MUST forgive others! When I refuse to forgive, I build a dam, stopping the stream of forgiveness God longs to give me. Forgiving others is seldom easy. It is often quite difficult and painful. However, God has...

 

For he [###] was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

—Acts 11:24 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

As this scripture talks about ###, Luke reminds us just how good a man ### was! Why would we consider ### to be such a good man? For many reasons. Primarily, Luke wants us to recognize that ### was full of faith and the Holy Spirit. ###'s goodness shouldn't surprise us. When the Holy Spirit lives in us, he is at work...

 

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

—1 Corinthians 11:23-24 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Remember Jesus!

Remember his great sacrifice.

Remember his incomparable love for you!

Remember him through his Supper!

Remember Jesus...

 

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

—Proverbs 11:22 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

To take what is physically beautiful and then profane it with sin is to waste a great gift. It is sinfully sharing with someone who is clueless why God gave the blessing of physical beauty in the first place. It is debasing to the person given the beauty to waste it in what and on what is sinful. No matter what gifts we have been given...

 

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

—John 11:21 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

If you have ever stood at the grave side of a loved one, this thought probably crossed your mind, too — "if you had only been here, LORD..."! Where is Jesus when we hurt? Why couldn't he be here to help us? There are a couple of crucial answers to remember.

1. Jesus is with us in our moments of loss and grief. The Church is Jesus' Body...

 

They that are... upright in their way are his [the Lord's] delight.

—Proverbs 11:20 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Blameless? We can't make a claim to be blameless in our own achievements so how will the LORD delight in me? We are blameless because of Jesus' perfect sacrifice. God has forgiven and cleansed us and the Holy Spirit is working to perfect us so that we can be blameless like Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). Paul told Timothy that he had been the worst of sinners (1...

 

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

—Acts 11:18 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Breaking through racial and cultural barriers is never easy, but this was the challenge early church leaders faced when the Holy Spirit led Peter to share the gospel with Cornelius and his household, and they became disciples of Jesus. The Jewish disciples had not anticipated Gentiles to...

 

And ye shall teach them [God's commandments] to your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

—Deuteronomy 11:19 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Moses gives us three crucial messages about God's commandments that were given to Moses for the people of God.

1. As parents, it is our responsibility to teach God's commandments to our children — not the responsibility of the...

 

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

—Zechariah 11:17 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

While we do not like to hear bad news and may not appreciate the pronouncement of judgment on others, there is a time when it is appropriate. Jesus was not only our sacrificial lamb, but he is also our Chief Shepherd serving on earth as God with...