But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise…

“For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.” —Matthew 16:25 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… The key to life is letting go of ourselves…

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. —Leviticus 19:18 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Hanging on to bitterness and keeping…

“Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord. —Jeremiah 23:24 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… There is no hiding…

The Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. —2 Thessalonians 3:3 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… It’s amazing to me how Satan knows our personal weaknesses and vulnerabilities –…

Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and will not be faint. —Isaiah 40:31 Thoughts…

The LORD will keep you from all harm — he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. —Psalm 121:7-8 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… One…

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his very soul? —Mark 8:36 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Advertising, easy online purchasing, and social media lead us to chase after…

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy. —Ephesians 5:25-26 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… For husbands, there is sacrificial love in our purpose…

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…

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. —Psalm 103:13 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Compassion! Not pity, not anger, not shame, not impatience, not intolerance…

The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him. —Proverbs 23:24 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… The greatest gift I can give my father – whether as…

Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. —Philippians 3:20 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… No matter what any passport says, if we are a disciple of…

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…

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 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… God’s…

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 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… David’s example as God’s poet and psalmist…

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. —Colossians 3:13 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Today’s message is an important but very challenging message…

The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights. —Habakkuk 3:19 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… In a horribly turbulent, violent…

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. . . . For a thousand years in your sight are like a day…

Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. —1 Thessalonians 5:11 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… While Paul’s exhortation here is excellent, it is the style of the exhortation…

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted…

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. —Proverbs 15:1 Thoughts on Today’s Verse… Why is it so hard to endure unjust and unfair criticism? Why do we feel that…

I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride, beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now…

The Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that…