Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 01, 2026 **I've written this to those who believe in the Son of God so that they will know that they have eternal life. - 1 John 5:13 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **We are supposed to KNOW that we have eternal life. Most people if you ask them if they think they are going to heaven say, "Well I hope so." Jesus did ALL the work to buy you back with His Blood from the enemy's clutches and free you from the bondage of sin. You simply…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 02, 2026 **With perfect peace You will protect those whose minds cannot be changed, because they trust You.** **- Isaiah 26:3 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **This is a pretty good deal! If you put all your trust in God then He will in turn bring to your mind "perfect peace." So if you're troubled in your mind, cast all your cares on Him and He will put your mind at ease. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me! And as always YOU have to do…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 03, 2026 **However, when God our Savior made His kindness and love for humanity appear, He saved us, but not because of anything we had done to gain His approval. Instead, because of His mercy He saved us through the washing in which the Holy Spirit gives us new birth and renewal. -Titus 3:4-5 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **There isn't anything you have done or can do to win your salvation. There's a song that says, "I don't know…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 04, 2026 **For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him.** **- 2 Chronicles 16:9 (Webster's Bible Translation)** **God is constantly looking for someone who's heart is fully committed to Him so that He can show the world how powerful He is. That's awesome!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 05, 2026 **In His spiritual, holy nature He was declared the Son of God. This was shown in a powerful way when He came back to life.** **- Romans 1:4 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **When Jesus arose from the dead it proved once and for all that He truly is the Son of God. Happy Resurrection Day!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 06, 2026 **Come close to God, and he will come close to you...** **- James 4:8a (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Notice who has to make the first move. We do. Over and over when Jesus would heal someone He would make them do something first that they couldn't do BEFORE they would get their healing. So remember, when you are looking for God to move, He is looking for you to move first!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 07, 2026 **For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. - James 2:26 (King James Version)** **Lots of people say they have faith or even go so far as to claim to be a Christian who goes to church. Well that's all well and good on Sunday morning but how about the rest of the week? If your life was to be put under a microscope, what would the world see? Would it be enough to convince people that you…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 08, 2026 **Thank God that He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. So, then, brothers and sisters, don't let anyone move you off the foundation of your faith. Always excel in the work you do for the Lord. You know that the hard work you do for the Lord is not pointless.** **- 1 Corinthians 15: 57-58 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **There's plenty of times when we don't "feel like" working for the Lord. We need to keep…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 09, 2026 **My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body. - Proverbs 4:20-22 (World English Bible)** **God urges us to keep His Word in our minds all the time. And the benefit if we do? Life and health! I don't about you but I could use some of that! There are few things the enemy of…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 10, 2026 **Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will take care of me.** **- Psalm 27:10 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Rejection. It's something we all go through at some point in our lives. But God promises that if everyone else, even your own parents who are supposed to love you unconditionally...even if they forsake and turn away from you, God will NEVER turn His back on you. Thank you Jesus. Worship Him today for…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 11, 2026 **Humble yourselves therefore beneath the mighty hand of God, so that at the right time He may set you on high. - 1 Peter 5:6 (Weymouth New Testament)** **Even if God has promised you would do some great thing one day, remain humble before Him until the time comes. If you think of yourself more than you should, you'll just delay the plan of God anyway.**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 12, 2026 **Curb every passion, and be on the alert. Your great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he can devour. Withstand him, firm in your faith; knowing that your brethren in other parts of the world are passing through just the same experiences. - 1 Peter 5:8-9 (Weymouth New Testament)** **Lion's don't just kill any creature that come their way for food. They're very stealthily lurk around in the…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 13, 2026 **You see that Abraham's faith and what he did worked together. His faith was shown to be genuine by what he did.** **- James 2:22 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Believing something is true is only part one of faith. Acting like it's true is the part that completes it. Don't just mentally acknowledge God's Word but live your life knowing that it's true!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 14, 2026 **Consider this: The Father has given us His love. He loves us so much that we are actually called God's dear children. And that's what we are. For this reason the world doesn't recognize us, and it didn't recognize Him either.** **- 1 John 3:1 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **If people look at you strangely and treat you as if something is wrong with you for your faith it's because you are one of God's kids and they aren't.…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 15, 2026 **However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not God's people, but now you are. Once you were not shown mercy, but now you have been shown mercy.** **- 1 Peter 2:9-10 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Never forget that at one point you too were…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 16, 2026 **Do not be over-anxious, therefore, asking 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things--all of them. But make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim, and then these things shall all be given you in addition.** **- Matthew 6:31-33 (Weymouth New Testament)** **Basically it's…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 17, 2026 **I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes. I hate what unfaithful people do. I want no part of it.** **- Psalm 103:31 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **You are responsible for what you allow to enter into your mind through your eyes. The enemy loves to use things visually to cause us to lust and fall into sin. Do not allow sin to grow inside you through looking at things that are unholy.**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 18, 2026 **Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.** **- Isaiah 55:6 (New American Standard Bible (©1995))** **Although it's true that God is omnipresent ,meaning He is everywhere at once, there are times when His presence comes more intensely and for a specific purpose. If you're not paying attention, you can miss the chance to get the blessing you've been waiting for!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 19, 2026 **For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.** **- Matthew 18:20 (American King James Version)** **When we meet up together with Jesus as our focus, He promises to show up! In other words...let's have church!!!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 20, 2026 **But it was for our sins He was wounded, and for our evil doings He was crushed: He took the punishment by which we have peace, and by His wounds we are made well.** **- Isaiah 53:5 (Bible in Basic English)** **Every bit of pain and suffering that Jesus went through was for YOU. Every punch, every whip on His back, every drop of spit He took was for YOU. We were so messed up and far from God that this was the only way to buy us…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 21, 2026 **This is not a wrestling match against a human opponent. We are wrestling with rulers, authorities, the powers who govern this world of darkness, and spiritual forces that control evil in the heavenly world.** **- Ephesians 6:12 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Although we often think the problems we have are the result of the person we can see with our eyes, the true source of our struggle comes from the evil spiritual…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 22, 2026 **As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were surprised; and now they recognized them as having been with Jesus.** **- Acts 4:13 (Weymouth New Testament)** **When people look at your life can they tell that you've "been with Jesus?"**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 23, 2026 **Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They were patient when they suffered unjustly. We consider those who endure to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance. You saw that the Lord ended Job's suffering because the Lord is compassionate and merciful.** **- James 5:10-11 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **We all go through suffering sooner or later. The worst kind…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 24, 2026 **Christ died for us while we were still sinners. This demonstrates God's love for us. Since Christ's blood has now given us God's approval, we are even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger. If the death of His Son restored our relationship with God while we were still His enemies, we are even more certain that, because of this restored relationship, the life of His Son will save us.** **- Romans 5:8-10 (GOD'S…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 25, 2026 **Just as Jonah was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.** **- Matthew 12:40 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **It may look like something happened to put a stop to the plan of God in your life but keep the faith...it might just be put on hold so He can accomplish something else in the meantime.**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 26, 2026 **But, in reality, Christ *has* risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are asleep. For seeing that death came through man, through man comes also the resurrection of the dead. For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again. But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.**…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 27, 2026 **Everything written long ago was written to teach us so that we would have confidence through the endurance and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.** **- Romans 15:4 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **One of the great things about reading the Bible is you find out that all of God's people from throughout time go through the same types of things that we do and if they can make it, so can you!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 28, 2026 **Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you'll harvest. If you plant in the soil of your corrupt nature, you will harvest destruction. But if you plant in the soil of your spiritual nature, you will harvest everlasting life.** **- Galatians 6:7-8 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **If you invest your time in the foolishness of this world you will hurt your spiritual growth…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 29, 2026 **He that shall overcome, shall thus be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. - Revelation 3:5 (Douay-Rheims Bible)** **Wait a minute! Hold the phone! You mean to tell me that one day Jesus is going to say something like, "Hey Father, and you angels too...let me tell you about Rick Costa {insert your own name here}"…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 30, 2026 **That day they offered many sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them reason to rejoice. The women and children rejoiced as well. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.** **- Nehemiah 12:39 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Can you imagine this happening today? Why not!? The praise of God was SO LOUD that it can be heard in the surrounding towns! So yes God really does like loud praise!…
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