Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

“In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. (John 14:2-3; 1John 3:2; Php 3:20-21; Psa 23:6)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. (Eph 4:1; 1Pet 1:18-21; Col 3:2; Heb 12:2)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

  “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God. (Isa 55:10-11; Jer 23:29; Heb 4:12; James 1:18; 1Pet 1:23)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

 For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God! “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.” (Deut 32:3-4; Isa 26:4; 1Cor 1:30-31; Jer 9:23-24)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! (1John 4:9-10; Rom 6:23, 8:32; John 1:14, 16; 2Cor 9:15)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. (2Pet 1:3-4; 2Cor 4:7, 3:4-5, 9:8)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

 If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.” For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (Psa 130:3-4, 103:8; 2Tim 2:19; 2Cor 4:6; Rom 8:31-32)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (Psa 42:8; John 3:16-17; Rom 5:10, 8:31-32)