The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.—2 Peter 3:9Thoughts on Today’s Verse…Maranatha — ...

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

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

“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 23:24Thoughts on Today’s Verse…There is no hiding from God, but ...

The Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.—2 Thessalonians 3:3Thoughts on Today’s Verse…It’s amazing to me how Satan knows our “silver bullet sins” — those sins that can ...

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 40:31Thoughts on Today’s ...

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 121:7-8Thoughts on Today’s Verse…Our lives are not ...

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.—Psalm 91:1Thoughts on Today’s Verse…How good it is to be as close to God as his shadow and ...

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his very soul?—Mark 8:36Thoughts on Today’s Verse…We chase after so many different things. Only one thing is needful. Having a fist ...

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

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.—Ephesians 6:4Thoughts on Today’s Verse…Mothers have such an inside road with children that it is interesting that God ...

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 103:13Thoughts on Today’s Verse…Compassion. Not pity, not anger, not shame, not impatience, not intolerance, not rejection, but ...

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

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

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 11:13Thoughts ...

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 19:1-2Thoughts on Today’s Verse…God’s voice is always ...

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.—Psalm 46:10Thoughts on Today’s Verse…History tells me it has been true! Faith trusts it ...

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.—Colossians 3:13Thoughts on Today’s Verse… How can I not forgive a brother or sister for whom ...

Jesus said, “Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only ...

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 3:19Thoughts on Today’s Verse…”The Lord is my strength!” Wow, what power ...

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 that has just ...

I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this ...

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