Verse of the Day | August 18, 2024
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Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receiv...
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy...
Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Many are the plans in a personβs heart, but it is the LORDβs purpose that prevails.
Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.
But the Lord said to Samuel, βDo not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.β
You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.
A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,β says the LORD Almighty, βand see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store i...
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
But the LORD said to Samuel, βDo not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.β
βAnd why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in Go...
Love is patient, love is kind, it isnβt jealous, it doesnβt brag, it isnβt arrogant, it isnβt rude, it doesnβt seek its own advantage, it isnβt irritable, it doesnβt keep a record of complaints, it isnβt happy with injustice, but it is happy with the trut...