Bible Verse for Today

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.
— Proverbs 19:15 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...I was raised in a family with three boys. Dad had a theory: A certain amount of testosterone had to be burned off by each boy every day. If it weren't burned off daily, the house would quickly become unlivable. Dad didn't have to memorize Proverbs 19:15 - it was embedded in his DNA! Growing up, I didn't appreciate the importance of hard work. I knew they didn't call it...

 

But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
— Psalm 5:11 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...The last several years have not been easy for believers. Persecution around the world is at an all time high. In the United States, mass murderers specifically targeted those who believed in God. Though executed for their faith, their witness to the LORD has been as inspiring. We have...

 

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.
— Colossians 1:13 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...People from all over the world and from many different nationalities read Today's Verse. While our national origins and ethnic heritages are different, we are members of one Kingdom. Our allegiance transcends race, culture, language, and nation. Why? Because we've been rescued from the dominion that holds sway over race, culture...

 

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
— 1 Peter 1:8-9 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Can you trust what you don't see? Of course! What kind of question is that? Our lives depend on what we cannot see -- things like gravity and the air we breathe, just to name two. Faith in Jesus is as...

 

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
— 1 Chronicles 16:10 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...What is your glory? Do you glory in your accomplishments, your wealth, your status, your looks, your piety, your humility ...? In the old hymn "Beneath the Cross of Jesus," we confess, "My glory, all the Cross." That's what Christians mean when we "glory in God's holy name." Our full understanding of God's holy name has been greatly expanded by Jesus. He...

 

For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.
— 1 Peter 3:18 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...It sounds so simple and straightforward, doesn't it? Kinda like the newspaper headline about someone dying we don't know. Just cold, hard facts! But we know differently. Underneath this statement of grace lies the broken heart of God, the sacrifice of heaven, the brutality of supposedly religious men, and the searching love of our God who would...

 

The inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, "Let us go at once to entreat the LORD and seek the LORD Almighty. I myself am going."
— Zechariah 8:21 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...This Messianic message from Zechariah anticipates the day of the LORD's redemption. Many different peoples, from all over the world, will come looking for the great mercy of God. God's people will have one key phrase on their hearts: "Let's go seek the presence of God. I'm going; why don't you...

 

You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
— Nehemiah 9:6 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Our praise is pretty irrelevant to everyone and everything but us, those closest to us, and amazingly to God. In a universe so vast, so much bigger than Nehemiah could have imagined, what is our small...

 

For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
— 2 Peter 1:21 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Where did Scripture come from? What is the basis of our faith in the Bible and the Gospel? Peter wants us to realize that the prophets of ancient times didn't bake up their own private recipes for their prophecies. Instead, they could only move and respond to what God was doing in them, not what they themselves...

 

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.
— Proverbs 26:20 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Ol' Smokey The Bear said: "Only you can prevent forest fires!" Basically, that's what the Wiseman says about gossip. We can turn down the heat, douse the fire, and let the quarrel die. How? By not supplying juicy morsels of gossip, by ditching the urge to spread destructive innuendo, and by refusing to keep alive an ugly rumor. Without gossip, the bitterness of a rivalry...