Verse of the Day | August 18, 2024
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No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works. Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, and I will declare Your greatness. They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteou...
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
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men.
How long will you lie there, you lazy person? When will you get up from sleeping? You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest. So you will be as poor as if you had been robbed; you will have as little as if you had been he...
Be wise in the way you act with those who are not believers. Use your time in the best way you can.
So be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise, but live wisely. Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times. So do not be foolish but learn what the Lord wants you to do.
You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, βNever will I leave you; never will I forsake you.β
Work hard, but not just to please your masters when they are watching. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.
Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them.
βAsk and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knockand the door will be opened to you.β
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.