Bible Verse for Today

Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Utterly abhor and detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.
— Deuteronomy 7:26 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...A little corruption, a little poison, and a little rotten are all oxymorons. God has made us pure and perfect in Jesus. What a glorious thought! Why would we want to stain his perfection with what is evil. Our Father wants us to dedicate ourselves to him, and to...

 

Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not.
— Acts 7:25 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Timing is everything. Well, not everything, but an important thing. God's plan and power provide us with everything. Finding his timing for that plan and power is crucial. When Moses took it upon himself to redeem God's people, he failed. After being humbled in the wilderness, God called him back to deliver the people at the divine...

 

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God -- through Jesus Christ our Lord!
— Romans 7:24-25 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Our bodies are mortal and flawed. They are tainted with our weakness and sin. But, by the grace of God given us in Jesus Christ, our future does not rest in the dust with our bodies, but in the power of our perfecting Lord.

My Prayer...Almighty God, thank you for giving me life beyond the death of my mortal...

 

"Prepare chains, because the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of violence."
— Ezekiel 7:23 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God hates it when the innocent are afflicted with violence and bloodshed. He hates evil and political corruption. He hates courts that are false and leaders who are abusive of their power. We need to rest assured that he will provide deliverance for his faithful followers and administer justice to those who have abused or harmed other people -- if...

 

"How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears."
— 2 Samuel 7:22 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...The promises of God to Abraham and David, the work of God through Jesus, and the miraculous preservation of both the Abrahamic and Davidic lines to Jesus are nothing short of miraculous. They are testimony to God's faithfulness and power. When we get discouraged by the unfaithfulness and blasphemy so...

 

[speaking to the Israelites about their enemies, Moses said:] "Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God."
— Deuteronomy 7:21 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...What foe can defeat the people of God? None! Our God, our Deliverer, is mighty in power, awesome in holiness, and greater than any of our foes. We refuse to fear what the evil one threatens because our Savior has already ultimately defeated him.

My Prayer...Abba Father...

 

There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.
— Ecclesiastes 7:20 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Yep, we're all broken, flawed, and tainted. Or, at least that is what we were (cf. 1 Cor. 6:9-11). Praise God, because of his grace and the work of Jesus, we can stand before God holy, without blemish, and free from accusation (Col. 1:22).

My Prayer...Forgiving Father and Holy God, thank you for redeeming me from my mortal and sinful ways by the...

 

You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the miraculous signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
— Deuteronomy 7:19 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...So often we look at the past work of God and think we will not see the display of his power like our predecessors did. But, just as God reminded a new generation of his people that he would go with them and...

 

But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever -- yes, for ever and ever.
— Daniel 7:18 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Forever! The Kingdom will belong to God's saints, his children, the people of the Most High (see Daniel 7:27), us! And it will be ours, forever... and ever... and ever. Praise God for his promises, his grace, and his faithfulness.

My Prayer...Almighty God Most High, I look forward to the day that your Kingdom rules in power...

 

For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
— Revelation 7:17 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...What a beautiful picture! The One who died for us will nourish and refresh us. The One upon whom all eternity hinges will take time to personally comfort us. No wonder Paul could say that he did not consider his present sufferings worth comparing to the glory that would...