Bible Verse for Today

The earth is filled with your love, O Lord; teach me your decrees.
— Psalm 119:64 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Sometimes we get so caught up in the wonders of God's creation and the marvelous blessings of his grace that we forget to ask him to teach us his truth. Let's not only worship him in awe for his majestic creation, but let's also worship him by learning his will and seeking to live it in our daily lives.

My Prayer...Holy and Precious Father, teach me your truth. Lead me...

 

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
— Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Children don't need to be taught; they need to be trained. Life is not just about intellectual lessons and information. It is about integrating truth into the fabric of our daily lives. God calls us to move our children and their training up on the list of our priorities because our children are forever, while most of the other things we invest our...

 

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
— Psalm 95:6-7 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Worship is more than our heart, soul and words offered to God. It also involves our posture. When we understand the grace God has given us to be called his children, what else can we do but bow down or kneel before him in his majesty and might. We come to him, a conquering ruler...

 

"You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household."
— Ephesians 2:19 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Those of us who have been Christians a long time sometimes forget that we have no claim or right to the grace we have received. When we feel we deserve it, that it is ours by right, it is no longer grace and we no longer live in it. To be a part of God's family is grace. For the Holy One who spoke into existence the universe...

 

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
— Galatians 3:28 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Wouldn't it be great if we could tear down all the walls that divide us -- racial, social, economic, and gender. The apostle Paul spent his entire life trying to do just that: to tear down the walls that divided people by bringing them to Jesus and the cross. There are no positions of superiority or inferiority at the foot of the...

 

Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: To believe in the one he has sent."
— John 6:29 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Do you believe in Jesus? Do you really believe? Shortly after Max Lucado came back from his mission work in Rio, Brazil, he shared with a group of his closest friends that his theology was pretty simple. He didn't have a handle on a lot of the big difficult theological problems that divide folks. But Max said he came to the firm and deep conviction that God loves...

 

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
— Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...While it is naive, on one hand, to think that trusting in God makes all of our problems go away -- Christians have many of the same problems that unbelievers do because they share the same mortal flesh, on the other hand it's true. If we trust in God, we believe our work stands or falls in his hands and that ultimately we will share in his victorious and...

 

Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
— Romans 12:4-5 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...One of the key realities of Christianity is belonging. I belong! I belong to God. I belong to Jesus. I belong to Jesus' body, the Church. I have a place and a purpose in that body. I belong! I am needed! I have a job to do! I belong!!

My...

 

Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
— Psalm 119:165 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...As someone who had a very clumsy stage of life, this promise is almost beyond believing -- nothing can make me stumble! But when it comes to living life, if I know God's will, love it, and do it, then nothing can make me stumble. There is great peace knowing that the Father loves me and doesn't want me to fall.

My Prayer...Thank you God for this day. Thank you...

 

I love the Lord. He heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.
— Psalm 116:1-2 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Understanding the Lord's love, presence, and nearness should lead us to serve him and to deepen our relationship with him. While we love God for many reasons, we want to express our love to him today especially for his personal concern for us. In a world where important people refuse to spend time with...