Bible Verse for Today

My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
— Proverbs 6:20 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...So often today, we discount the wisdom of those who have come before us and who want to share with us the collective wisdom that was handed down to them by their predecessors. Let's be especially attentive over the next few weeks of those who are older and have proven themselves faithful. At the same time, let's remind our children and our grandchildren how...

 

"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."
— Luke 6:38 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God is the God of all grace! (1 Pet. 5:10) He loves to give, bless, and empower. One of God's chosen ways to do these three things is through us; he wants us to be conduits of his blessing. Like the faithful stewards in the parable of the talents (Matt...

 

How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.
— Psalm 31:19 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Out of this psalm which begins in desperation, we find a crescendo of faith. While things may seem bleak, God will not abandon his children. Those who reverence God will not be forgotten. Far from ignoring his children, God has stored up his goodness which he will generously pour out on them to...

 

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
— 1 John 3:18 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse..."Talk is cheap." "Actions speak louder than words." Let's show our love for our family, our friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ by the way we live and what we do for each other.My Prayer...Loving and generous God, my Abba Father, please forgive me for letting my love for your children remain just a matter of words. Please give me the opportunity...

 

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
— Ephesians 1:17 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...One of the best things we can pray for each other, and for ourselves, is that we might better know God. The Holy Spirit helps us better know God (1 Cor. 2), worship God (John 4), and speak to God (Rom. 8). Let's ask God to use his Spirit to help us know him, not just know about...

 

This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, `We will not walk in it.'
— Jeremiah 6:16 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Temptation is a choice between the old path (God's will for us) and a new path provided by Satan. So often Satan's path is presented to us as a shortcut to happiness, prosperity, and accomplishment. However, this path leads us...

 

Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."
— James 4:15 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...While I like to have choices, and I like to be responsible for my own decisions, I am truly thankful that God allows me to submit my life to his will and place my trust in him. The Father is at work in me to do his will (Phil. 2:13) and to work for my best good (Rom. 8:28). I gladly acknowledge that my plans are subject to his will. I am appreciative...

 

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ... No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
— Romans 8:35-37 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...More than conquerors! What a great phrase. In Christ, this is who we are: more than conquerors. No hardship, enemy, physical disaster, not even death, can separate us from Jesus. Once our lives are joined to Jesus, our future...

 

Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.
— Romans 6:13 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...This long verse boils down to a very simple message: We are to glorify God by what we do with our bodies. We were dead in our sin, but God has made us alive through our participation with Jesus in his saving...

 

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
— Psalm 103:12 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Praise and thank God our Father. He doesn't just forgive our sins; he removes them from us completely! My Prayer...Loving and merciful Father and holy God, thank you for giving me the great gift of forgiveness. Now, dear Lord, please help me to pass it along to others. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.Devotional provided by Heartlight®
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