Bible Verse for Today

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his very soul?
— Mark 8:36 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...We chase after so many different things. Only one thing is needful. Having a fist full of dollars, a great estate, and lots of prestige doesn't mean a whole lot if you've gone to your ultimate address without the Lord. Even worse is to find that in the middle of your busy-ness, you awake to find yourself in the barren land where Christ does not dwell and life is...

 

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy.
— Ephesians 5:25-26 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...For husbands, there is sacrificial love in our purpose and purpose in our sacrifice. We give up ourselves to love our wives. Jesus is our example here, and he gave up everything. His purpose? To make us holy and beautiful to God. Our motives are to be equally as sacrificial and pure in surrendering our rights to bless and love...

 

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
— Ephesians 6:4 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Mothers have such an inside road with children that it is interesting that God commands fathers to be about the work of spiritual nurture. I don't believe he means to exclude mothers. No, I think he assumes they'll do their part. But the father's influence and intentional training is so essential.

My Prayer...Abba Father, may...

 

Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds -- his name is the Lord -- and rejoice before him. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
— Psalm 68:4-5 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...I can't help but think of what James, Jesus' brother said: "Pure religion, undefiled before God the Father is this: keep oneself undefiled and care for orphans and widows in their distress." Jesus showed clearly this was the Father's heart...

 

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
— Psalm 103:13 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Compassion. Not pity, not anger, not shame, not impatience, not intolerance, not rejection, but compassion is what God, my Father, gives to me. He cares for my pain enough to enter into my world and share it in Jesus.

My Prayer...Father of Mercies and God of all Compassion, thank you for not only knowing and caring about my struggles and...

 

The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.
— Proverbs 23:24 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...The greatest gift I can give my father, and my Father, is to be righteous in my heart and life.

My Prayer...Holy and righteous Father, may my life please you and bring honor to my father and his name. I know that if I please you, it will make his heart glad. Help me as I seek to know you and serve you in ways that show your character in my life...

 

Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
— Philippians 3:20 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...No matter what your passport says, if you are a Christian, there is no earthly country that can hold you, no borders that can claim you, and no flag that flies above you but Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven. You have more in common with the believing aboriginal tribesman of Indonesia, the Christian refugee in Africa, the Bedouin brother in...

 

"If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask for him."
— Luke 11:13 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...Think of all the great gifts you've been given. Next to Jesus, God's gracious sacrifice for our salvation, the greatest gift we can receive is God's abiding presence in the Holy Spirit! He is ours if we ask. In fact, when we ask God for anything, the Spirit is already in...

 

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
— Psalm 19:1-2 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...God's voice is always speaking. His witnesses give testimony to his glory, majesty, and creative grace. The universe shouts with joy that behind its intricate beauty and paralyzing powers is the One who gave it life, purpose, and intention.

My Prayer...O Great God, Creator of the...

 

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
— Psalm 46:10 (NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...History tells me it has been true! Faith trusts it will be true eternally! Reverent silences, a pause in the hectic rush of our lives, reminds us that it is true today.

My Prayer...O Father in heaven, may your name be revered and held holy in my life and my world today. Your will be done, your reign on earth come with power and might...