Bible Verse for Today

I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
— Psalm 16:8 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...There are many things that can trouble our lives, but none that can shake us loose from the grip of God's grace if our hearts remain pointed at Jesus as our Lord and our hope remains focused on the Lord's return. If Jesus is our Lord, then all of life's greatest blessings lie ahead of us and he will let nothing rob us of this coming glory!

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He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all -- how will he not also, along with him, give us all things?
— Romans 8:32 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...If God gave up his Son to save us, what would he not give up to bless us and keep us! That's Paul's point. In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, he tells us we are bought with a price to encourage us toward holiness. Here, he makes the same point, but to give us assurance. Isn't it amazing how the truth of God's grace contains...

 

By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me -- a prayer to the God of my life.
— Psalm 42:8 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...I have always loved music. To this day, songs help unlock the part of me that is most yielded to God. It helps me declare my love for him and my praise to him. But as the psalmist says, at night, especially on those nights when sleep is hard to come by, his song is with me.

My Prayer...O God of my life, thank you for music and song. Thank you...

 

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
— 1 John 5:12 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...This statement is both a reminder of God's glorious grace and also of our need to share that grace with others. Life is such a precious gift, it would be a shame for anyone we know and love to miss out. God gave up the life of his Son so that in finding him, we too could share in his life.

My Prayer...Father of all nations, resurrect in your people a...

 

To me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
— Philippians 1:21 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...The truth is often as simple as it is sweet -- if Jesus is our life, then our lives have no end. Death does not strip life from us, but ushers us into life in Jesus' very presence!

My Prayer...Eternal God, thank you for sending Jesus to show me your love and thank you for sending him again soon to take me home. He is my anchor in the storms of life and my light in the darkest nights...

 

"Let him who boasts boast in the Lord." For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
— 2 Corinthians 10:17-18 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...We live in a world with skewed values, false promises and fleeting fame. What can we boast in other than the steadfastness of the Lord's love, the incredible riches of the Lord's grace, the incomparable supply of the Lord's blessings, the sweetness of the Lord's people, the mercy of the Lord's...

 

Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
— 2 Corinthians 7:1 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...In a world so full of distractions and temptations, purity is difficult. Even more than difficult, the call to purity often goes forgotten and ignored. "Cheap grace" (Jude 4) is substituted for a call to passionate living. While we never want to give in to a works...

 

If we live, we live to the Lord: and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
— Romans 14:8 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...One of the incredible realizations we have as Christians is that our relationship with the Lord is eternal. As we seek after him, he is always there and no one can separate us from his love. Even when we die, we go to "be with the Lord." When we sleep in death, we are still "in the Lord." When he returns in glory we will...

 

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. ... "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me."
— Revelation 3:14 and 20 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...It has always fascinated me that this verse has often been cited by those calling others to conversion when it is clearly written to lukewarm Christians needing to rekindle their love relationship...

 

We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
— Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...The Psalmist reminded us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made and God has something definite planned for us to do while we are here. We display his craftsmanship and skill when we intentionally live for him and not like the rest of the world.

My Prayer...Master, teach me to recognize your opportunities and your will...