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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 01, 2025 **The LORD is a great God and a great King above all gods.** **- Psalm 95:3 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **There is no one who can compare to God and no one more worthy of our praise.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 02, 2025 **Our suffering is light and temporary and is producing for us an eternal glory that is greater than anything we can imagine.** **- 2 Corinthians 4:17 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **What we suffer through now will only be a distant memory when we get to eternity. This earthly life is only temporary.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 03, 2025 **He comforts us whenever we suffer. That is why whenever other people suffer, we are able to comfort them by using the same comfort we have received from God.** **- 2 Corinthians 1:4 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Sometimes God puts people in your path so you can help them get through something you have been through already.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 04, 2025 **As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?** **- Psalm 42:1-2 (New Living Translation (©2007))** **Don't let the cares of this world choke out your longing to be in God's presence.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 05, 2025 **The LORD looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.** **- Psalm 14:2 (New Living Translation (©2007))** **Are you looking for Him today?**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 06, 2025 **That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.** **- 2 Corinthians 4:16 (New Living Translation (©2007))** **We all grow older and eventually weaker but our spirit can become stronger and stronger in Him.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 07, 2025 **Remember the past, when you first learned the truth. You endured a lot of hardship and pain.** **- Hebrews 10:32 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Do you still have that same passion as when you first came to Christ?**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 08, 2025 **When Jesus heard this, he said, "Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do."** **- Matthew 9:12 (New Living Translation (©2007))** **God can only help you if you acknowledge your need for it first.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 09, 2025 **I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God's law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.** **- Matthew 5:18 (New Living Translation (©2007))** **The Word of God will outlast every other word spoken against you!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 10, 2025 **It's the same way with the Son of Man. He didn't come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people.** **- Matthew 20:28 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **If even Jesus who is God always served others, can we do any less?**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 11, 2025 **Jesus told them, "My food is to do what the One who sent Me wants Me to do and to finish the work He has given Me.** **- John 4:34 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Even stronger than our desire to eat should be the desire to fulfill God's call on our lives.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 12, 2025 **Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through Me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.** **- John 10:9 (New Living Translation (©2007))** **Only in Christ is there salvation.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 13, 2025 **If anyone hears My words and doesn't follow them, I don't condemn them. I didn't come to condemn the world but to save the world.** **- John 12:47 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Jesus doesn't want anyone to go to Hell. People go there by their own disbelief in Him.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 14, 2025 **If I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again. Then I will bring you into My presence so that you will be where I am.** **- John 14:3 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Jesus longs to be with you. Do you long to be with Him?**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 15, 2025 **Peter and the other apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than people.** **- Acts 5:29 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **If it's a choice between choosing what God wants and what men want, choose God.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 16, 2025 **The earth and everything it contains are the LORD's. The world and all who live in it are His.** **-Psalm 24:1 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Everything you own, even your body, is just on loan to you.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 17, 2025 **Christ has freed us so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. Therefore, be firm [in this freedom], and don't become slaves again.** **- Galatians 5:1 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Your freedom was bought with the Blood of Jesus. Don't ever go back to your old ways.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 18, 2025 **That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.** **- Daniel 2:19 (New Living Translation (©2007))** **God speaks in many ways. Don't limit Him.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 19, 2025 **I, too, have heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God's people.** **- Ephesians 1:15 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Are you known for your faith? Don't be a secret service Christian.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 20, 2025 **In the past God hid this mystery, but now he has revealed it to his people.** **- Colossians 1:26 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **God reveals His secrets to His children, not the world.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 21, 2025 **Praise the LORD's greatness with me. Let us highly honor his name together.** **- Psalm 34:3 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **It's great praising God alone but even better with others!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 22, 2025 **My soul clings to You. Your right hand supports me.** **- Psalm 63:8 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **No matter what you go through, stay close to God.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 23, 2025 **If the LORD delights in a man's way, He makes his steps firm.** **- Psalm 37:23 (New International Version (©1984))** **Keep living right and you'll stay on the path God has for you.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 24, 2025 **Unless the LORD had helped me, I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.** **- Psalm 94:17 (New Living Translation (©2007))** **We don't even realize how many times God has saved us from danger.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 25, 2025 **...with burnt offerings and sin offerings You were not pleased.** **- Hebrews 10:6 (New International Version (©1984))** **Don't try to please God with your actions if you first haven't given Him your heart.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 26, 2025 **God was also pleased to bring everything on earth and in heaven back to Himself through Christ. He did this by making peace through Christ's blood sacrificed on the cross.** **- Colossians 1:20 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Everything Adam lost through sin was bought back through what Jesus did on the cross.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 27, 2025 **Jesus answered him, "Those who love Me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and We will go to them and make Our home with them.** **- John 14:23 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Communion with God comes with obedience with Him.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 28, 2025 **The LORD supports everyone who falls. He straightens [the backs] of those who are bent over.** **- Psalm 145:14 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **When you feel you can't walk another step, look to the Lord for strength.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 29, 2025 **When you produce much fruit, you are My true disciples. This brings great glory to My Father.** **- John 15:8 (New Living Translation (©2007))** **Make our heavenly Daddy proud by working for Him in your daily life.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 30, 2025 **"I am a God who is near. I am also a God who is far away," declares the LORD.** **- Jeremiah 23:23 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **No matter how far you try to run from God, you can never get away from His love.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 31, 2025 **Now, we didn't receive the spirit that belongs to the world. Instead, we received the Spirit Who comes from God so that we could know the things which God has freely given us.** **- 1 Corinthians 2:12 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **You can't find God by seeking what this world has to offer.**