Bible Verse for Today

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
— Galatians 5:6 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...What matters most? Priorities must be valued disciplines in our everyday lives if we are to be successful and productive. This is equally true in our discipleship. We should want to concentrate on what is key, essential, and most important. Paul reminds us what is essential: Faith showing itself...

 

For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
— 2 Corinthians 4:5 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Our message is not ourselves. Jesus is Lord. One day all of creation will acknowledge and praise him. But for the people around us to praise Jesus today, they need to see him alive in us. We serve others in Jesus' name. We are his body -- his hands of compassion, his heart of mercy, and his voice of tenderness. So let's lift up...

 

Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling. ... Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
— Psalm 2:11-12 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...The LORD is God. We must not take for granted his holiness and might. But the incredible reality of God's grace is this: God, who thundered at Mount Sinai and spoke into existence the universe with its marvelous expanse, loves us and longs for us to draw near and find refuge in him. We can rejoice in reverent awe. We can praise with holy...

 

The LORD your God did to the Jordan just what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God.
— Joshua 4:24 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God demonstrates his love to us because he is loving. God demonstrates his love to us because he knows we would be lost without it. God demonstrates his love to...

 

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
— Psalm 130:7 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...What do we have in this life that is unfailing and inexhaustible? Nothing except God's unfailing love. Even when we disappoint, hurt, offend, or rebel against him, he still loves us. While we were sinners he sent Jesus to redeem us from sin and death. Why trust anything or anyone else with our future? Let's lean on God's unfailing...

 

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
— 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...What do you see most clearly today? Is it what is seen or what is unseen? No matter our belief system, we ultimately have to trust what we can't see. Even the most atheistic scientists trust gravity, breathe air, and depend upon principles they cannot see until these realities produce results in the tangible...

 

But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.
— Psalm 3:3 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...My dad would never let me walk slouched over with my head down. "Remember son, you are a Ware. That's nothing to be ashamed of. Even on your worst day you are still my son and a child of God!" God is our protector and our proud Father. He gives us glory because he loves us. Because he is our Father who gives us such gracious gifts, we don't walk with our...

 

Joshua told the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you."
— Joshua 3:5 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse..."Get ready. Get set. Go!" These words from our childhood are very important for us today as we seek to do God's will. God wants us to be ready. But all the personal preparation in the world is not going to make a difference if we have not dedicated ourselves and consecrated ourselves to do everything that we do to glorify God. What...

 

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
— Hebrews 13:5 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...We have two choices for our lives. We can either live by faith or by sight. We can trust in God's abiding presence and power or we can depend upon our own resources. But wealth -- like health, status, and reputation -- is subject to decay and disappearance. Only one Source is always...

 

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
— Joshua 1:9 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...This command and promise to Joshua are also for us as we embrace the upcoming year. We have no idea what lies ahead; we only know that God will go with us if we will ask him on our journey and seek to follow his will. So this verse is not just a promise to cherish: "I will go with you." It...