Bible Verse for Today

In those days John the Baptist came ... saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
— Matthew 3:1-2 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...These words sound strange in a world that is afraid to tell the truth about sin, wickedness, and evil. Yet every lost person desperately needs to repent -- to change his or her heart and life, seek after God, and live for Jesus as Lord. Yes, salvation is given to us by God's incredible grace. On the other hand, grace that leaves us unchanged is...

 

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
— 1 John 3:1 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Some gifts are too precious for words and too wonderful to fully appreciate. The greatest of these gifts is that we are God's children! We have been adopted into the Father's family! Jesus claims us as his younger siblings! Even though the world may not...

 

"Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation ..."
— Luke 2:29-30 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Old Simeon uttered these words when he saw the Christ child. This is our goal as well. While we cannot physically see Jesus who is our salvation and hold him in our arms as Simeon did, we can see him through Scripture, worship, ministry, evangelism, and the work of the Holy Spirit. Let's make it our aim to honor God as...

 

Where then are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble! For you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
— Jeremiah 2:28 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Let's focus on one simple concept today. Based on the allocation of our time, interest, lifestyle, expenditures of money, and speech, who or what is our god? Is it the Lord God?

My Prayer...I am convicted, dear Heavenly Father, of how many false gods crowd into my world and...

 

Daniel replied, "No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries."
— Daniel 2:27-28 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...What is the bedrock of your faith in uncertain times? Who knows where all the upheaval, tumult, and uncertainty are truly heading? In whom can you find the solution to your most perplexing problems? For Daniel and his friends, there was one solid and true answer: the...

 

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
— James 2:26 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...By this definition, a whole lot of people claiming to be believers are really spiritual corpses. For faith to be real, it must express itself in service. Faith not only moves mountains; it moves believers to act in ways that honor God and bless others, demonstrating their thankfulness for God's incredible grace.

My Prayer...Holy and Faithful Father, please forgive me...

 

Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.
— John 2:24-25 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...If we've spent a bunch of time reading the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John in the New Testament), we probably have already come to the conclusion stated in our verses. So, if we want to know how to better live as a person, the place to start is Jesus. We need to follow his example and follow his...

 

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
— Genesis 2:24 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...We are different! God makes us male and female so we can be complements of each other. Each is made in God's image. God's intention is that a husband and wife find their primary human relationship with the other. They still honor their parents, but their home is with each other. Their two lives become one. In this context of...

 

"[Jesus] was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross."
— Acts 2:23 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...When we think of the Cross, two words we must never associate with it are the words "tragic accident." Peter makes very clear that two separate streams of power converged at the cross. Evil had its way and brought the Son of God to the Cross. God had his plan and he allowed the cross to...

 

Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
— Isaiah 2:22 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God will humble the arrogant. He has a day designated to do this. But, until that day dawns, God's Kingdom people must live knowing that even the apparently powerful but ungodly will be brought to ruin. We shouldn't trust in human power; it can evaporate like dew in the morning sunshine. Human power is limited by death. When the breath of a tyrant is gone...