Bible Verse for Today

I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws.
— Psalm 119:30 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Yesterday we made a commitment to follow the Lord Jesus whole-heartedly. Let's not forget it and slip back into old habits and bad patterns. Let's choose the way of truth again today, and tomorrow, and...My Prayer...Righteous Father, your way and your Word are my source of life and guidance. I choose your will and your truth today. Help it come alive in me through joyful...

 

And anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
— Matthew 10:38-39 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Jesus wants us to seriously look into our hearts and surrender those things that hold us back from fully following and serving him. We know what they are. He comes to us with his now nail-scarred hands and reminds us that he gave up everything to redeem us. He now wants us...

 

And anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
— Matthew 10:38-39 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Jesus wants us to seriously look into our hearts and surrender those things that hold us back from fully following and serving him. We know what they are. He comes to us with his now nail-scarred hands and reminds us that he gave up everything to redeem us. He now wants us...

 

Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
— Psalm 119:133 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God's word is a light to our dark path in a morally uncertain world. It must be our standard for right and wrong, righteousness and evil. As God's will and Word have sway in our life, we are delivered from all sorts of destructive practices that can ruin our lives.My Prayer...Great and Almighty God, who raises the dead and restores the fallen, make my heart delight in...

 

The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
— Proverbs 10:32 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...How many times have you said just the "wrong" thing? For me, it is more often than I would like to recall. Jesus words on this topic are indeed convicting to me: "Out of the abundance of the heart does the mouth speak." In other words, poor words and bad timing in our speech are more issues of our heart than issues of social skills and...

 

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
— Psalm 23:6 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God is our Shepherd. Our destiny is tied to his goodness and mercy which he longs to shower upon us until he brings us home to dwell with him forever. My Prayer...Father God, please bathe my heart in your goodness and reach through me and my influence to extend your love to others. Make my heart and hope find its hope in you...

 

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
— Psalm 23:5 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...While the enemy of the righteous may flourish for a season, God will lavish his love and show his favor on the righteous. As the apostle Paul reminded his dear friends in Philippi, their prayers and the work of the Holy Spirit guaranteed his deliverance: he would either be delivered from prison and death to serve them, or he would be...

 

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
— Psalm 23:5 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...While the enemy of the righteous may flourish for a season, God will lavish his love and show his favor on the righteous. As the apostle Paul reminded his dear friends in Philippi, their prayers and the work of the Holy Spirit guaranteed his deliverance: he would either be delivered from prison and death to serve them, or he would be...

 

What the wicked dreads will overtake him; what the righteous desire will be granted.
— Proverbs 10:24 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...The wicked fear the triumph of goodness, holiness, and righteousness. They fear not being in control. They fear death overtaking them. The righteous desire the triumph of goodness, holiness, and righteousness. They offer their life to be controlled by the Holy Spirit of God. They recognize death is an enemy, but one that has been conquered by their...

 

Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."
— Luke 9:23 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Offering ourselves to God isn't easy because it means we must first die to our own selfish will. Like Jesus did in the Garden of Gethsemane, we face our own cross and must cry out, "Not my will, dear Father, but your will be done!"My Prayer...Dear Father, thank you for sending Jesus as my Savior. Lord Jesus, I want to...