Bible Verse for Today

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
— Psalm 119:105 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...So often, those of us who have received the blessings of faith and the guidelines of the Word of God don't fully appreciate them. Can you imagine what it is like to try to define one's worth, clarify one's values, and establish one's sense of purpose without a standard of truth? Imagine what it would be like to be lost without a map and without a compass? Remember what it was...

 

For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands.
— Psalm 92:4 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Gaze into the heavens on a dark night and see the wonders of the starry hosts. Think of the incredible diversity of earth's wonders. Look at your own life and see the fingerprints of God's work in your own experience (Rom. 8:28). As Jesus said, our Father is working still (John 5:17). Yes, it does make us glad to know that we are not alone in working...

 

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
— Psalm 23:1 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...A sheep is only as good as its shepherd. We are incredibly blessed!
My Prayer...O Great Shepherd, carry me like a lamb, tenderly in your arms and close to your heart. My life, my future, and my strength depend upon you. Please help me hear your voice above the confusing distractions around me. Under your care I have no fears. Thank you for being my Shepherd. In Jesus' name I pray...

 

I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
— Psalm 9:2 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...When was the last time you made up a song? The last time you made up a song of praise to God? Worried that you can't do it? Don't think it will be good? Don't worry, your only audience is your Abba Father who longs to hear your heart sing regardless of your voice's perfection or your melody's tune. He wants to rejoice and be glad with you. So open your...

 

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."
— Matthew 7:3-5 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Finding fault in someone else is so easy for most of us. Finding...

 

Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.
— Isaiah 10:1-2 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God wants us to be a generous and concerned people. We are not to be concerned about our "stuff" but the work of God and the needs of others, especially those who are powerless and can't defend themselves.

My...

 

If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks.
— Ecclesiastes 10:18 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Laziness is not just an attitude, it is a lack of action. It is a choice to let important matters suffer neglect. While the results of this choice may not always be evident, over the passage of time, the basic results of idleness are borne out by the accumulating signs of decay and destruction.

My Prayer...Stir in me, dear Heavenly Father, a passion to do...

 

You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.
— Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...What do we have that wasn't given to us, either by God's generous grace, unexpected blessing, disciplining hardship, providential opportunity, or our good health...

 

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
— Hebrews 13:2 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...How warmly do you personally welcome visitors at your church or in your Bible study group? When was the last time you invited someone new in your congregation over for dinner or included them in a gathering of your Christian friends? While some have the gift of hospitality, all of us need to be warm and open to folks we don't...

 

His master replied, `Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
— Matthew 25:21 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...We want it all now! We don't want to have to wait for anything. But God has a principle that is absolutely vital: we will be entrusted with much only after we have been faithful with a little. So let's not discount those moral choices about "small and...