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Today's Word of Life
After Jesus had said this and while they were watching, he was taken up into a cloud. They could not see him, but as he went up, they kept looking up into the sky.
Acts 1:9-10 CEV ― Read Full Chapter
April 22, 2019
If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won’t correct you for asking.
James 1:5 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 21, 2019
On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
John 20:1 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 20, 2019
God gave Jesus to die for our sins, and he raised him to life, so that we would be made acceptable to God.
Romans 4:25 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 19, 2019
Jesus shouted, “Father, I put myself in your hands!” Then he died.
Luke 23:46 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 18, 2019
Be humble in the presence of God’s mighty power, and he will honor you when the time comes.
1 Peter 5:6 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 17, 2019
That is how it was with Christ. He became a high priest, but not just because he wanted the honor of being one. It was God who told him, “You are my Son, because today I have become your Father!”
Hebrews 5:5 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 16, 2019
But Jesus replied, “Why are you so afraid? You surely don’t have much faith.” Then he got up and ordered the wind and the waves to calm down. And everything was calm.
Matthew 8:26 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 15, 2019
Respect and obey the Lord! This is the beginning of wisdom. To have understanding, you must know the Holy God.
Proverbs 9:10 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 14, 2019
“Announce to the people of Jerusalem: ‘Your king is coming to you! He is humble and rides on a donkey. He comes on the colt of a donkey.’”
Matthew 21:5 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 13, 2019
Don’t keep changing what you were taught about Christ, or else God will no longer be with you. But if you hold firmly to what you were taught, both the Father and the Son will be with you.
2 John 1:9 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 12, 2019
You used to be like people living in the dark, but now you are people of the light because you belong to the Lord. So act like people of the light.
Ephesians 5:8 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 11, 2019
With great wisdom you make plans, and with your great power you do all the mighty things you planned. Nothing we do is hidden from your eyes, and you reward or punish us as we deserve.
Jeremiah 32:19 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 10, 2019
But when the time was right, God sent his Son, and a woman gave birth to him. His Son obeyed the Law, so he could set us free from the Law, and we could become God’s children.
Galatians 4:4-5 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 9, 2019
You are God’s people, so don’t let it be said that any of you are immoral or indecent or greedy.
Ephesians 5:3 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 8, 2019
Always be joyful and never stop praying. Whatever happens, keep thanking God because of Jesus Christ. This is what God wants you to do.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 7, 2019
You, Lord, are my shepherd. I will never be in need. You let me rest in fields of green grass. You lead me to streams of peaceful water.
Psalm 23:1-2 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 6, 2019
If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will let everyone who wins the victory eat from the life-giving tree in God’s wonderful garden.
Revelation 2:7 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 5, 2019
Never give up praying. And when you pray, keep alert and be thankful.
Colossians 4:2 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 4, 2019
God doesn’t intend to punish us, but wants us to be saved by our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 3, 2019
Don’t talk before you think or make promises to God without thinking them through. God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so don’t talk too much.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 2, 2019
Why am I discouraged? Why am I restless? I trust you! And I will praise you again because you help me, and you are my God.
Psalm 43:5 CEV - Read Full Chapter
April 1, 2019
God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.
John 3:16 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 31, 2019
You have never seen Jesus, and you don’t see him now. But still you love him and have faith in him, and no words can tell how glad and happy you are to be saved. That’s why you have faith.
1 Peter 1:8-9 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 30, 2019
Didn’t you know that the Messiah would have to suffer before he was given his glory?”
Luke 24:26 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 29, 2019
We don’t want anyone to find fault with our work, and so we try hard not to cause problems.
2 Corinthians 6:3 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 28, 2019
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 27, 2019
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 26, 2019
With all my heart I praise the Lord, and with all that I am I praise his holy name!
Psalm 103:1 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 25, 2019
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 24, 2019
But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins.
Romans 3:24 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 23, 2019
Everything God has done will last forever; nothing he does can ever be changed. God has done all this, so that we will worship him.
Ecclesiastes 3:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 22, 2019
Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, “I am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won’t be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.”
John 8:12 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 21, 2019
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Matthew 22:37 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 20, 2019
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 19, 2019
Praise the Lord, all his works everywhere in his dominion.
Psalm 103:22 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 18, 2019
The Lord blesses everyone who freely gives food to the poor.
Proverbs 22:9 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 17, 2019
What God has said isn’t only alive and active! It is sharper than any double-edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and through our joints and marrow, until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts.
Hebrews 4:12 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 16, 2019
You can see the speck in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the log in your own eye.
Matthew 7:3 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 15, 2019
My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don’t be tempted yourself.
Galatians 6:1 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 14, 2019
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.
1 John 4:12 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 13, 2019
Some people trust the power of chariots or horses, but we trust you, Lord God.
Psalm 20:7 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 12, 2019
Christ chose some of us to be apostles, prophets, missionaries, pastors, and teachers, so that his people would learn to serve and his body would grow strong.
Ephesians 4:11-12 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 11, 2019
Try to live at peace with everyone! Live a clean life. If you don’t, you will never see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 10, 2019
So Jesus called the children over to him and said, “Let the children come to me! Don’t try to stop them. People who are like these children belong to God’s kingdom.
Luke 18:16 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 9, 2019
He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things that we have done. God washed us by the power of the Holy Spirit. He gave us new birth and a fresh beginning.
Titus 3:5 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 8, 2019
Be careful about the way you live and about what you teach. Keep on doing this, and you will save not only yourself, but the people who hear you.
1 Timothy 4:16 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 7, 2019
Plant your roots in Christ and let him be the foundation for your life. Be strong in your faith, just as you were taught. And be grateful.
Colossians 2:7 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 6, 2019
The Lord gives me strength. He makes my feet as sure as those of a deer, and he helps me stand on the mountains.
Habakkuk 3:19 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 5, 2019
Everything that happens has happened before; nothing is new, nothing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 4, 2019
Jesus told them, “You don’t really know what you’re asking! Are you able to drink from the cup that I must soon drink from or be baptized as I must be baptized?”
Mark 10:38 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 3, 2019
We always thank God that you believed the message we preached. It came from him, and it isn’t something made up by humans. You accepted it as God’s message, and now he is working in you.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 2, 2019
Always be glad because of the Lord! I will say it again: Be glad.
Philippians 4:4 CEV - Read Full Chapter
March 1, 2019
The Scriptures say that no one who has faith will be disappointed, no matter if that person is a Jew or a Gentile. There is only one Lord, and he is generous to everyone who asks for his help.
Romans 10:11-12 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 28, 2019
But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
Romans 7:6 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 27, 2019
A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest.
John 10:10 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 26, 2019
I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
Jeremiah 24:7 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 25, 2019
If my own people will humbly pray and turn back to me and stop sinning, then I will answer them from heaven. I will forgive them and make their land fertile once again.
2 Chronicles 7:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 24, 2019
When you are welcomed into a home, stay there until you leave that town. If any place won’t welcome you or listen to your message, leave and shake the dust from your feet as a warning to them.”
Mark 6:10-11 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 23, 2019
Offer praise to God our Savior because of our Lord Jesus Christ! Only God can keep you from falling and make you pure and joyful in his glorious presence.
Jude 1:24 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 22, 2019
So Christ died only once to take away the sins of many people. But when he comes again, it will not be to take away sin. He will come to save everyone who is waiting for him.
Hebrews 9:28 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 20, 2019
God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won’t he freely give us everything else?
Romans 8:32 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 19, 2019
I pray that honor and glory will always be given to the only God, who lives forever and is the invisible and eternal King! Amen.
1 Timothy 1:17 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 18, 2019
But Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless.
Philippians 3:7 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 17, 2019
The glorious God is the only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords. At the time that God has already decided, he will send Jesus Christ back again.
1 Timothy 6:15 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 16, 2019
I have made everything; that’s how it all came to be.[a] I, the Lord, have spoken. The people I treasure most are the humble— they depend only on me and tremble when I speak.
Isaiah 66:2 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 15, 2019
If you obey the Lord, he will watch over you and answer your prayers.
Psalms 34:15 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 14, 2019
God has something stored up for you in heaven, where it will never decay or be ruined or disappear.
1 Peter 1:4 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 14, 2019
No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.
1 John 4:12 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 13, 2019
“You explain deep mysteries, because even the dark is light to you.
Daniel 2:22 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 12, 2019
Christ has made peace between Jews and Gentiles, and he has united us by breaking down the wall of hatred that separated us. Christ gave his own body.
Ephesians 2:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 11, 2019
But his Son became a human and died. So God made peace with you, and now he lets you stand in his presence as people who are holy and faultless and innocent.
Colossians 1:22 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 10, 2019
Don’t say you’re too young,” the Lord answered. “If I tell you to go and speak to someone, then go! And when I tell you what to say, don’t leave out a word!
Jeremiah 1:7 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 9, 2019
You have never seen Jesus, and you don’t see him now. But still you love him and have faith in him, and no words can tell how glad and happy you are to be saved. That’s why you have faith.
1 Peter 1:8-9 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 8, 2019
So at the name of Jesus everyone will bow down, those in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. And to the glory of God the Father everyone will openly agree, “Jesus Christ is Lord!”
Philippians 2:10-11 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 7, 2019
Christ now gives us courage and confidence, so that we can come to God by faith.
Ephesians 3:12 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 6, 2019
Christ is exactly like God, who cannot be seen. He is the first-born Son, superior to all creation.
Colossians 1:15 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 5, 2019
Dear friends, keep building on the foundation of your most holy faith, as the Holy Spirit helps you to pray.
Jude 1:20 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 4, 2019
How can people have faith in the Lord and ask him to save them, if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear, unless someone tells them?
Romans 10:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 3, 2019
I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me. Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep.
John 10:14-15 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 2, 2019
The words of good people are a source of life, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:11 CEV - Read Full Chapter
February 1, 2019
Jesus Christ never changes! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Hebrews 13:8 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 31, 2019
Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 30, 2019
We believe that Jesus died and was raised to life. We also believe that when God brings Jesus back again, he will bring with him all who had faith in Jesus before they died.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 29, 2019
A good tree produces only good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. You can tell what a tree is like by the fruit it produces.
Matthew 12:33 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 28, 2019
Who can measure the wealth and wisdom and knowledge of God? Who can understand his decisions or explain what he does?
Romans 11:33 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 27, 2019
“Death has lost the battle! Where is its victory? Where is its sting?”
1 Corinthians 15:55 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 26, 2019
The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don’t see or know him. But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you.
John 14:17 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 25, 2019
Always set a good example for others. Be sincere and serious when you teach. Use clean language that no one can criticize. Do this, and your enemies will be too ashamed to say anything against you.
Titus 2:7-8 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 24, 2019
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they all come from the same Spirit. There are different ways to serve the same Lord.
1 Corinthians 12:4-5 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 23, 2019
I’ve commanded you to be strong and brave. Don’t ever be afraid or discouraged! I am the Lord your God, and I will be there to help you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 22, 2019
If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 21, 2019
God is always fair. He will remember how you helped his people in the past and how you are still helping them. You belong to God, and he won’t forget the love you have shown his people.
Hebrews 6:10 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 20, 2019
But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
1 John 1:9 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 19, 2019
My dear friends, with our tongues we speak both praises and curses. We praise our Lord and Father, and we curse people who were created to be like God, and this isn’t right.
James 3:9-10 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 18, 2019
Jesus replied: “If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them.”
John 14:23 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 17, 2019
By his one sacrifice he has forever set free from sin the people he brings to God.
Hebrews 10:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 16, 2019
Finally, my friends keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don’t ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.
Philippians 4:8 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 15, 2019
After they had prayed, the meeting place shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and bravely spoke God’s message.
Acts 4:31 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 14, 2019
Don’t be hateful to people, just because they are hateful to you. Rather, be good to each other and to everyone else.
1 Thessalonians 5:15 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 13, 2019
Jesus said to his disciples: If you love me, keep my commands.
John 14:15 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 12, 2019
But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away.
1 John 1:7 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 11, 2019
With all your heart you must trust the Lord and not your own judgment.
Proverbs 3:5 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 10, 2019
The best thing we can do is to enjoy eating, drinking, and working.[d] I believe these are God’s gifts to us.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 9, 2019
Whatever you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks to God the Father because of him.
Colossians 3:17 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 8, 2019
Jesus Christ will keep you busy doing good deeds that bring glory and praise to God.
Philippians 1:11 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 7, 2019
Dear friends, don’t forget that for the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years is the same as one day.
2 Peter 3:8 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 6, 2019
Christ never sinned! But God treated him as a sinner, so that Christ could make us acceptable to God.
2 Corinthians 5:21 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 5, 2019
I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth. But he will not allow anything that you don’t allow.
Matthew 16:19 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 4, 2019
“I, the Lord, refuse to accept anyone who is proud. Only those who live by faith are acceptable to me.”
Habakkuk 2:4 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 3, 2019
You used to be like people living in the dark, but now you are people of the light because you belong to the Lord. So act like people of the light.
Ephesians 5:8 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 2, 2019
You are no longer slaves. You are God’s children, and you will be given what he has promised.
Galatians 4:7 CEV - Read Full Chapter
January 1, 2019
This hope makes us keep ourselves holy, just as Christ is holy.
1 John 3:3 CEV - Read Full Chapter
December 14, 2018
All that the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself.
Galatians 5:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
December 12, 2018
Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Isaiah 64:8 CEV - Read Full Chapter
December 11, 2018
He gave himself to rescue us from everything that is evil and to make our hearts pure. He wanted us to be his own people and to be eager to do right.
Titus 2:14 CEV - Read Full Chapter
December 8, 2018
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:3-4 CEV - Read Full Chapter
December 7, 2018
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:3-4 CEV - Read Full Chapter
December 6, 2018
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:3-4 CEV - Read Full Chapter