Bible Verse for Today

Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

—Nehemiah 9:5 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

"Stand up and shout it if you love my Jesus!" That's a song our children love to sing! But what happens to our youthful exuberance and joy at worshiping the LORD? God doesn't want us to lose it. Read through the Bible and highlight all the physical acts used to reverence and praise our awesome...

 

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest ...

—Acts 9:4-5 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

When Paul later teaches in his letters that the Church is the Body of Christ (Romans 12:3-4; 1 Corinthians 10:10-16-17; Ephesians 5:23, 29; Colossians 1:18, 24), he isn't being theoretical. The Church IS Jesus' presence, his Body alive and at work...

 

Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

—John 9:3 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Let's ask God to help us view people through the eyes of Jesus so that we will see them as someone in whom the work of God needs to be displayed. When Jesus and his followers approached a man who was blind from birth, the disciples assumed that this misfortune had happened because someone had sinned. Jesus saw...

 

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

—Isaiah 9:2 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

God fulfilled this great promise of the prophet Isaiah with the coming of John the baptizer and Jesus (Matthew 4:15-16; Luke 1:76-79). Jesus came as the Light of the World (John 9:5) to cast out the darkness of Satan, evil, and death (John 12:31). So, as darkness falls tonight, find a...

 

I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

—Psalm 9:1 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

The words of Jessie Brown Pound's old hymn, "Will You Not Tell It Today?" say it best: "If the light of his presence has brightened your way, O will you not tell it today?" Prayerfully select someone who needs to know of the goodness and graciousness of God, then please, lovingly, share Jesus with that person. A heart filled with...

 

And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

—Mark 8:31 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

Knowing Jesus is God's Messiah is one thing. Following Jesus as our LORD is quite another. Getting our minds, hearts, and lives to line up with Jesus is always a challenge. Once Jesus' disciples confessed him as the Christ, he knew he had to...

 

As he spake these words, many believed on him.

—John 8:30 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

While we often talk about Jesus as our LORD and Savior, we can also find it easy to ignore his voice, or worse, hear Jesus' words and ignore them. Our obedience to what Jesus says demonstrates that we have put our faith in him. To foolishly disobey, ignore, or neglect to do what Jesus says is to show that we don't believe him to be our LORD to DO what he says to us as our LORD! Jesus...

 

And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

—Mark 8:29 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

The sweetest confession any of us will ever make is this: "I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and I want him to be LORD of my life." Let's repeat it, out loud, to the glory of God the Father: "I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and I want him to be LORD of my life." What other people say...

 

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

—Romans 8:28 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

The real issue in our lives is not God's faithfulness and goodness but ours. The history of God's faithfulness to Israel and his promises is found throughout the Scriptures. We can depend and rely on him to do what he promises despite the apparent circumstances of our lives. The real issue is whether or...

 

But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

—Matthew 8:27 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...​

What kind of man is this? Ah, Jesus is much more than a man; he is our LORD, King, Messiah, Shepherd, and Savior. Most certainly, when Jesus came in the flesh to earth, he was fully a man. Yet this Christ Jesus is also the Master of earth, wind, and storm because he is the Creator of it all (John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:15-18)...