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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 01, 2026 **Before the creation of the world, He chose us through Christ to be holy and perfect in His presence.** **- Ephesians 1:4 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **You are no accident. God knew you before the earth was even made.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 02, 2026 **Hate starts quarrels, but love covers every wrong.** **-Proverbs 10:12 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **True peace can only come through the power of forgiveness.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 03, 2026 **Certainly, there is a curse on all who rely on their own efforts to live according to a set of standards because Scripture says, "Whoever doesn't obey everything that is written in Moses' Teachings is cursed."** **- Galatians 3:10 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **The law cannot save us...only Jesus can.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 04, 2026 **Those of you who try to earn God's approval by obeying His laws have been cut off from Christ. You have fallen out of God's favor.** **- Galatians 5:4 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **The way to God is through Jesus and Jesus alone.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 05, 2026 **You were indeed called to be free, brothers and sisters. Don't turn this freedom into an excuse for your corrupt nature to express itself. Rather, serve each other through love.** **- Galatians 5:13 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Freedom from the law doesn't excuse you from sinning.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 06, 2026 **For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.** **- Galatians 5:17 (New International Version (©1984))** **The war within us never ceases. You must choose which side to obey.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 07, 2026 **Because you are God's children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into us to call out, "Abba! Father!"** **- Galatians 4:6 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Good fathers are wonderful but our Daddy in heaven in the best!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 08, 2026 **Through the blood of His Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of His overflowing kindness.** **- Ephesians 1:7 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Never forget what His divine Blood has done for us!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 09, 2026 **He planned to bring all of history to its goal in Christ. Then Christ would be the head of everything in heaven and on earth.** **- Ephesians 1:10 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **The whole point of EVERYTHING is Jesus.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 10, 2026 **I pray that the glorious Father, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know Christ better.** **- Ephesians 1:17 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Are you striving to know Jesus more and more?**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 11, 2026 **God has put everything under the control of Christ. He has made Christ the head of everything for the good of the church.** **- Ephesians 1:22 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Jesus is above all...not Buddha, not Mohammed, not anybody but Jesus.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 12, 2026 **The church is Christ's body and completes Him as He fills everything in every way.** **- Ephesians 1:23 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **We really are part of Jesus' body. What a privilege!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 13, 2026 **You followed the ways of this present world and its spiritual ruler. This ruler continues to work in people who refuse to obey God.** **- Ephesians 2:2 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Don't judge so quickly those who you were like not too long ago. Love them.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 14, 2026 **We were dead because of our failures, but He made us alive together with Christ. (It is God's kindness that saved you.)** **- Ephesians 2:5 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Real life is found in Jesus.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 15, 2026 **We were dead because of our failures, but He made us alive together with Christ. (It is God's kindness that saved you.)** **- Ephesians 2:5 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Real life is found in Jesus.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 16, 2026 **God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that He has prepared for us to do.** **- Ephesians 2:10 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **God does have a plan for your life. Search it out and fulfill it.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 17, 2026 **But now through Christ Jesus you, who were once far away, have been brought near by the blood of Christ.** **- Ephesians 2:13 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **If not for Jesus' Blood we would never have come to God.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 18, 2026 **He came with the Good News of peace for you who were far away and for those who were near.** **- Ephesians 2:17 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Jesus came to save everyone...you just have to say yes.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 19, 2026 **You are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone.** **- Ephesians 2:20 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **God is building a new temple for Himself to dwell in and we are it's building blocks.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 20, 2026 **Through him you, also, are being built in the Spirit together with others into a place where God lives.** **- Ephesians 2:22 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **God won't live in buildings because He wants to live in YOU.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 21, 2026 **I became a servant of this Good News through God's kindness freely given to me when his power worked [in me].** **- Ephesians 3:7 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **You don't call yourself to the ministry...God does.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 22, 2026 **We can go to God with bold confidence through faith in Christ.** **- Ephesians 3:12 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **What Jesus did makes it possible for us to approach the Almighty without fear.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 23, 2026 **Then Christ will live in you through faith. I also pray that love may be the ground into which you sink your roots and on which you have your foundation.** **- Ephesians 3:17 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **The most important thing you can demonstrate as a Christian isn't knowledge or miracles but rather love.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 24, 2026 **You will know Christ's love, which goes far beyond any knowledge. I am praying this so that you may be completely filled with God.** **- Ephesians 3:19 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Don't just seek to know about God but also seek to be like Him.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 25, 2026 **Glory belongs to God, whose power is at work in us. By this power He can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine.** **- Ephesians 3:20 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Are you letting God's power transform you day by day?**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 26, 2026 **God's favor has been given to each of us. It was measured out to us by Christ who gave it.** **- Ephesians 4:7 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Without the favor that Jesus granted us we would have no hope.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 27, 2026 **This is to continue until all of us are united in our faith and in our knowledge about God's Son, until we become mature, until we measure up to Christ, who is the standard.** **- Ephesians 4:13 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **If our goal isn't to be more like Jesus we're missing it.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 28, 2026 **Then we will no longer be little children, tossed and carried about by all kinds of teachings that change like the wind. We will no longer be influenced by people who use cunning and clever strategies to lead us astray.** **- Ephesians 4:14 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Only those rooted in the Word won't be deceived.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 29, 2026 **Instead, as we lovingly speak the truth, we will grow up completely in our relationship to Christ, who is the head.** **- Ephesians 4:15 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Do you make cultivating your relationship with Jesus a priority?**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 30, 2026 **He makes the whole body fit together and unites it through the support of every joint. As each and every part does its job, He makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.** **- Ephesians 4:16 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **The Body of Christ grows stronger through love, not criticism.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - January 31, 2026 **You have certainly heard His message and have been taught His ways. The truth is in Jesus.** **- Ephesians 4:21 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Books are great but the meaning of life is found in Jesus Himself.**