Category: Verse for the day

Romans 8:26 (WEB) In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. Promise #129: My Spirit will help you in your weakness. The KJV Bible says that the Spirit helps us in our infirmities when we don’t know what to pray for. The NIV Bibles says that the Spirit helps us in our weakness. Today’s promise brings good news to everyone who has every felt weak and uncertain of what to pray for. I find...

Matthew 8:16-17 (WEB) 16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick; 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.” Promise #128: My Son took upon Himself all your sicknesses and diseases. Jesus took upon Himself every sickness and every disease that mankind has ever experienced so that we could be healed. I cannot imagine the unfathomable price that Jesus paid for today’s promise to become a reality for...

Psalm 119:105 (WEB) Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. Promise #127: My Word will brighten your steps and light your path. Have you ever walked on a path in the forest in the middle of the night without a flashlight? If you have and there wasn’t a full moon shining, it is a pretty difficult thing to manuevre. Without a light to guide the way, you will inevitably go off the path and at the very least, bump into a tree. I believe the psalmist in today’s promise is saying the same...

Numbers 6:25 (WEB) Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you. Promise #126: My face will shine upon you all the days of your life. We live in an area in Canada where it is very cloudy in the winter months. Sometimes we can go weeks without ever seeing the sun. When the sun does eventually come out, the feeling of exhilaration is almost indescribable. The gloomy feeling of gray skies day after day can really take its toll on a person’s emotional wellbeing. Today’s promise is taken from the priestly blessing in Numbers 6...

Luke 12:32 (WEB) Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. Promise #125: I am delighted to give you My kingdom. Jesus makes this promise to His disciples just after He tells them not to take any thought for their life, because they have a Heavenly Father that has promised to provide for them. In this intimate conversation with His friends, Jesus encourages them to ‘seek first His Father’s kingdom’ and all of their practical needs will be met as well. Then Jesus wraps up His conversation by declaring today’s Scripture...