Category: The WORD for the Day

Verses for the day Thoughts These past few weeks have been pretty challenging. Early in November I started a list of “stressors.” This is a list of the things that have come up that continue to throw me on the Lord. Let me just give a quick example. Here’s the things I wrote down yesterday. […]

Verses for the day Thoughts How’s your spiritual life today? Is it vibrant and strong? Would you describe it like Psalm 1:3, like a tree planted along the riverbank, green, and full of fruit? Or is more like a weary traveler, dirty and weary from his journey and desperate for a drink of cold water […]

Verses for the day Thoughts Today’s thoughts are a bit philosophical. Sorry about that. I hope you can follow my train of thought. If the work of God is God Himself at work, that means there is no spiritual work for us to do ourselves! God is simply asking for us to believe He will […]

Verses for the day Thoughts I am always amazed how the Father weaves together lessons for me from His Word each day. When I take the time to sit down and write out the verses that stand out to me, then pray through them, the lesson emerges. That’s exactly what happened this morning. Normally Hosea […]

Verses for the day Thoughts Do you live with the confidence that God HAS ALREADY provided everything you need? If God promised it, it is as good as if we have it right now! That’s the life of faith. These words of Psalm 23:1-3 have really ministered to me this morning. As David reflects on […]

Good vs Bad Shepherds Verses for the day Thoughts What is the role of a shepherd? When I picture The Shepherd of a church I am picturing a preacher, someone who gives instruction from God’s word defends the doctrines of the faith and someone who pursues unity in the body. But in Ezekiel 34 the […]

Verses for the day Thoughts As believers, God has given each of us the role of “watchmen.” In 2 Cor 5:18-21 God calls us to be his ambassadors, reconciling people to Him, as if God was making his appeal through us! That’s what Ezekiel said here. Ezek 33:7 “listen to what I say and warn […]

Verses for the day Luke 7:9 “When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, “I tell you, I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel!”  Thoughts I was reading the story of the Centurion’s faith in Luke chapter 7 this morning. And I was struck by […]

Verses for the day Ezek 6:9-10 Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idols. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins. They will know that I alone […]

Verses for the day Ezek 3:10-11 Then he added, “Son of man, let all my words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself. Then go to your people in exile and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!’ Do this whether they listen to you or […]