Bible Verse for Today

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
— 1 John 4:10 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God loved us first! God paid the huge price for our atonement, first! Jesus is the great way God displays his mercy and justice. We know what love is, because he demonstrated it. How well are we demonstrating to others the mercy and justice of God?My Prayer...Father, your love seems is so vast, so gracious, and so...

 

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
— 1 John 4:9 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Showing love is about sharing life with someone else. No one quite epitomizes this principle like Jesus! His sacrifice, however, is what saved us and brought us to our new life in Christ. Now God wants us to show his love to others by sharing it in ways that they can understand and appreciate.My Prayer...Holy LORD, my...

 

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
— 1 John 4:8 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...An unloving person doesn't know God. It's that simple. Enough said.My Prayer...Father, please bless me with a loving heart and a lifestyle that generously shares your love with others. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.Devotional provided by Heartlight®
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Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
— 1 John 4:7 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...The old song says, "Where oh where is love?" Love is with God. Love comes from God. Love is the key attribute of God. Love is from God. Love is of God. You want to be more loving? You want to find greater intensity in your love? You want to know how to love others who are hard to love? Look to God. But, where do we see God...

 

For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
— Psalm 84:11 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God doesn't hold back on his goodness! In fact, the Father loves to give his children gifts. These gifts are all encompassing. These gifts are gladly given. How do I know? Three ways: 1) I've been repeatedly blessed; 2) I've seen what God has done to bless his people through the centuries; and 3) his...

 

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
— Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse..."What are your plans for today?" If you are like me, you prayerfully try to plan your day. You make appointments with people in the future so you can address their needs, hear their concerns, or discuss issues and projects. But, we need to always live humbly, recognizing that none of our plans will be of value unless those plans come from the Father!My...

 

They cried to you and were saved; in you they trusted and were not disappointed.
— Psalm 22:5 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...This Psalm of despair, referred to by Jesus from the Cross, is also a Psalm of hope and faith. The history of God's faithfulness with his people Israel is an ongoing reminder that we can trust him to deliver us. While in our human reckoning of time God's answer may be slow in coming, his track record in history reminds us that he will answer, deliver, and...

 

Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
— Psalm 1:4 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...No matter the temporary apparent benefits of wicked schemes and evil power, all these efforts end at the grave and are swept away leaving the wicked with nothing to show for their efforts as they stand before the righteousness and justice of God.My Prayer...Dear Father, please help me resist the temptation to idolize or exalt those who succeed through evil devices, schemes...

 

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
— Psalm 1:3 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Some kinds of earthly delight can feed our hearts for a short time, but when difficulties come, our hearts will wither in the drought. Delighting in the LORD and in his will for us, however, provides us with ongoing and ever-fresh joy. Out of this lifestyle comes both short-term and long-term benefits...

 

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
— Psalm 1:2 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Delight! In things of God do you find delight? What holy things of the Father in heaven hold your thoughts throughout the day? Why not join me in trying to put more of God's word in your head through memorization and into your heart through prayerful Bible study?!My Prayer...Father in heaven, holy and righteous in all of your ways, I confess that I do not...