Today’s Verse: He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? ~Micah 6:8 There are basic, foundational things that we have learned over the years. These things are so ingrained into us that it is presumed that we know better. As parents and teachers, we are perplexed when something we have ingrained into someone else is not followed or obeyed. We might say, “I taught you t

Today’s Verse: For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. ~Psalm 86:10 Psalm 86 reminds me of the prayer of Jonah in Jonah 2, when he was in the belly of a whale. The psalmist described his plight as “the lowest hell” (v. 13). He was a man who was broken by adversity. It seems that those who hated him were putting him through the ringer. So, he prays. His prayer that is recorded is one of devotion, dependence, and development. He was experiencing “more

Today’s Verse: But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, ~Luke 10:33 One of the more-beloved and favorite family syndicated programs that used to be on public broadcasting was “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” He had a favorite song that he sang, entitled “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” We think of a neighbor as being the person that lives next door to us. The word used by Jesus means any person we meet by chance. It is

Today’s Verse: The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: ~2 Timothy 1:16 Paul was at the lowest point of his ministry. He was imprisoned in the infamous Mamertine prison, awaiting execution. Everyone in Asia turned away from him. He was despised, misjudged, and abandoned. He was considered Public Enemy #1 by the Romans and Jews. Other Christians were afraid to be found associated with him. It was at his lowest

Today’s Verse: Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; ~Psalm 103:4 Mercy is pity and undeserved favor given to someone who is in trouble. When someone is tried in a court of law and found guilty, he desires the mercy of the court and the judge upon him. Mercy extended to a condemned man exonerates him from the charges he has been found guilty of. One of God’s great attributes is His mercy. The psalmist used the phras

Today’s Verse: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. ~Proverbs 28:13 All of us have experienced failure in one way or another. It could have been a failing grade on a test or class. It could have been a losing season. It could have been a business venture that went out of business. It could have been our inability to live up to a required standard of excellence. Failure hurts. Failure is a setback. Failure makes

Today’s Verse: “When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.” ~John 8:10-11 One of the great Bible words that powerfully indicates what God does for us when we get saved is the word “justification.” It is has been defined as God looking on us just as if we had never sinned. The wo