Verse of the day

Thursday, September 19, 2024
Acts 1:11
Men of Galilee, they said, why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.

When Jesus ascended into heaven, the disciples just stood there with their mouths hanging open in shock. And it wasn’t until a few angels showed up that they remembered their focus wasn’t to be on the heavens, but on the mission, Jesus entrusted to them. The same mission that’s ours to carry out today: to go make more disciples.

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
John 3:13
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.

A man focused on fulfilling every single aspect of the law, met the only Man who could. And he met him at night in secret because Nicodemus wanted some answers. The problem was the Answer was staring him in the face, but he couldn’t see it yet…the Son of Man straight from heaven.

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Philippians 3:20-21
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.

We don’t usually celebrate Citizenship Day, but maybe as Christians, it’s something we should start doing. Not to celebrate the country we’re currently living in, but the country that we’re made to live in for eternity…heaven. A place that holds our new body and our new life with our Savior.

Monday, September 16, 2024
Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

No homeowner just gives out the keys to their home. Because that would mean the other person would get to share their authority to open and close, to lock and unlock, the entrance to their home. But that’s exactly what Jesus did! He gave His disciples the keys for the gospel to be unlocked for every single person who believed: Jew or Gentile, free or slave.

Friday, September 13, 2024
1 Timothy 1:5
The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

What’s my motivation? That’s a good question to ask yourself every day. Are you serving, giving, and helping others so that people think you’re a good person or are you doing it out of love for God and others? Paul figured out his own motives and, in this passage, he reminded Timothy to make it his goal to do the same thing…be motivated only by love.

Thursday, September 12, 2024
1 Peter 1:8-9
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

It probably wasn’t your goal in life to fall in love with someone you couldn’t see or touch. And yet, the moment you put your trust in Jesus, that’s exactly what happened. And now, His love, grace, forgiveness, and mercy fill you with a joy that you may not be able to express in words but is something that can be clearly seen by everyone around you every day.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

Perfection on earth is not possible, but pursuing the Perfect One is. It should be every Christian’s goal to become more like Christ every single day. And the funny thing is, each baby step you take getting closer to Jesus, is one He gave you the strength, focus, and power to complete. So, press into Him as He grabs hold of you!

Tuesday, September 10, 2024
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.

When Paul lived with the Thessalonians, he saw people making some good choices and some not-so-good ones. There were some hard-working people who loved their neighbors and there were the busy bodies who liked to go door to door tattling all about the latest gossip. His advice was to focus on living in a way where people can believe your word. Make that your goal today too!

Monday, September 9, 2024
2 Corinthians 5:8-9
Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So, whether we are at home or away, we make it our goal to please Him.

The faith that reminds you of your upcoming eternal home, is also the faith that encourages you to keep being faithful every day. Paul longed to go to his new heavenly home, but he also knew that if God hadn’t taken him there yet, then He still had work for him to do on earth. And both Paul and the LORD would be faithful to complete it.

Friday, September 6, 2024
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

It’s important to remember that the work you do isn’t in vain. It may feel like it when you’re scanning items at the grocery store, cleaning bathrooms at a school, or fixing computers in an office. But when you give that work to the Lord, He makes sure that work you do every day will ultimately bear much fruit. So, stick to it, and continue doing the work that God has for you today!

Thursday, September 5, 2024
Psalm 90:16-17
Let Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your glorious power to their children. May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; and establish the work of our hands for us.

Moses wanted to make sure that God’s people remembered the work that He did. That He graciously freed them from slavery, miraculously parted the Red Sea, and faithfully fed them for 40 long years. And as God led them into the Promise Land with Joshua as their new leader, Moses knew He would establish the work of their hands if they kept their eyes on Him.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024
John 4:34
My food, said Jesus, is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work.

In moments of dire circumstances, a soldier can ignore his wounds, a martyr can face his enemy with joy, and a weary traveler can keep walking towards home. The intriguing thing is, the sustenance to continue their path has nothing to do what they put in their mouth, but with what God puts in their spirit. And it’s that energy that fueled Jesus to continue the work that God gave Him to do every day.