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Have you been looking for a daily devotional that offers encouragement, challenges you to go deeper, and strengthens your Biblical understanding — all in about five minutes or less?  The K-LOVE Verse of the Day Podcast is a resource designed to meet you wherever you are in your faith journey and inspire you to move closer to Jesus.  Each day, a K-LOVE Pastoral Partner shares a verse of Scripture and dives into what it means, and how it can be applied in our lives.   New episodes release daily. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss a moment of inspiration. 

  1. 13h ago ·  Video

    This is the Way to Have Eternal Life

    This is the Way to Have Eternal Life Read the transcript from today's video devotional. When I say the words eternal life, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? For a lot of people, it's streets of gold. It's heaven. It's living forever—right now. But when Jesus talks about eternal life, He ties eternal life to this: knowing a person. Notice He says: "This is the way to have eternal life, to know You." It's one thing to know about God. For example, I can say, "I know Michael Jordan" because I've read some facts about him on Instagram or online. I’ll say, "Yeah, I know Jordan." But do I really know him? Intimate, Relational Knowing This knowing that John is talking about—it's not just an intellectual knowing. This is an intimate, relational knowing. He says, this is where eternal life starts. It's when we actually come into a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. A lot of people think that eternal life starts when we die. Jesus is saying: "It starts when you know Me." Do We Know Jesus? Then my question to us is: Do we know Jesus? I think there are three ways that we can grow in our knowing of who Jesus is. Number One: Reading the Bible The first one is this: it's by reading our Bibles every day. When we talk about reading the Bible, it's important that we focus on depth, not distance. Remember, the goal is not to read ten to fifteen chapters a day. No, the goal is to hide God's Word in my heart. That's the goal. There are verses that I've read for years and years, but it takes time to really get God's Word deep in my bones. There's some verses that I’ve read for twenty years. I remember last year I read Isaiah chapter 43 and verse 2, and I thought, "Wow, this just hit home. I felt like it really sunk into my heart." That's the goal of reading the Bible: to hide God's Word in our hearts because that's our weapon. The enemy is going to constantly attack our minds, and we fight with the Word of God. Number Two: Prayer The first way we know Jesus is through His Word. The second way is through prayer. When we pray, we're pouring our hearts out to God. Our highest goal in life is to know God, to have a vibrant relationship with Him. People always ask me, "What is my calling? I'm a teacher, or I’m a doctor, but what is my true calling?” Listen, everybody's greatest calling is to know God, to have a vibrant relationship with Him. When we know God, we're going to know who we are, and we're going to grow in our knowledge of who we become as believers. Number Three: Community We know God through His Word, through prayer. The third way is through community. This is where the church comes in. If you're not plugged into a church, here's why church is important. Imagine I take my Bible out and I read a verse, and I interpret it in a way that is completely inaccurate. Well, if I'm in a church and if I'm in a small group, here's what I'll do. I'll take what I learn and I'll bring it to my small group. Sometimes people will say, "Val, you're actually very off." That's why community is so important, because we need correction and we have to make space to be corrected. As we learn about who God is, we don't just do that in isolation. We do it in a community of believers, of people who love God and love His presence. My Encouragement to You I want to encourage you today. Eternal life is knowing God intimately. If you've never read the Bible, start today. Start with the Book of John. That's one of my favorite books to recommend to people that haven't read the Bible. Start with the Book of John. Pour your heart out to God. That's what praying is. Read the Bible, and then find a Gospel-centered church.

  2. 1d ago ·  Video

    There Is No One Like You

    There Is No One Like You Read the transcript from today's video devotional. When life begins to fall apart and feel like it's caving in around you, where do you reach first? Where do you put your trust? Not what you say, but where do you actually reach? Because that's a very important conversation that must be had. It's precisely where today's Verse of the Day takes us. Understanding the Context It's easy to look at the words Jeremiah chose to communicate to us, but in order to really understand what he's talking about and what he's saying, you must understand the context of this verse itself. See, Jeremiah, often known as the weeping prophet—I kind of consider myself like him in many ways—it's because he had a soft spot in his heart for people. I have a soft spot in my heart for people like you. Because you are God's creation, whom He destined for great things: to go, to live, to love, to build, to serve. He has this beautiful plan for you. But Jeremiah wrote this as he was speaking to the people about idolatry. "Be careful with these idols that will pop up, that will try to take captive your mind and your heart so that you reach for those things rather than the one true God. That's why he said, 'Lord, there is no one like You. For You are great, and Your name is full of power.'" What Is an Idol? There's no one like God, and this is important. What is an idol? One might ask. Anything that we revere or place in the place of God—where God should be on that pedestal. Anything we put on that pedestal that has now become an idol. He's not talking about for us in today's world—not a lot of people having huge golden statues and falling on your knees and groveling today. No, but money can very easily become your idol if you reach for that before you reach for God. Maybe it's your job, your career, your relationships. As soon as you hit a crisis, the first thing you should do is know that God already has an answer for you. Instead, you might call your friends first before you consult with God, or your family, your parents, your children, your siblings. Where Do You Turn? Where do you turn when adversity hits and strikes? This is important because I myself found myself many a day in my journey, turning exactly to friends. "Man, I just don't know what to do. Can you help me, please?" Guess what? That didn't work out so well for me. Thinking money was the answer: "Oh, man, I'm so glad I've been focusing so hard on savings. I'm so glad I was able to build that thing up." Guess what? One, two punches. Just like that my entire savings was drained. Now what? Now where do you turn? Sometimes we are tempted to be frustrated. But we need to understand a truth about God. When I learn to stop turning and putting other things in the place where God should be and understand He is good, there's nobody like Him. He alone is good and His name is full of power. When I made that choice, everything for me changed. Put God Back on the Throne The question for you today that I posed in the beginning: where are you reaching? If you've been reaching for anything other than God, we must make a shift today and put God back in that seat, back on the throne, fully trusting in Him—His pleasing and perfect plan for your life. If you are willing to do that, everything changes. If you keep the main thing the main thing, not allowing idols to replace Him, but staying fully focused on His Word and His goodness, His greatness, then everything in your future is going to look better. It's going to look brighter and you will live out your God-given mission on this earth.

  3. 2d ago ·  Video

    Moved with Compassion

    Moved with Compassion Read the transcript from today's video devotional. A Huge Error If you wanted to know how to care for a hurting person, Bildad, one of Job's friends, would not be the guy you'd want to talk to. Bildad makes a huge error when he's speaking to Job. Quite frankly, I've made this error many a time. You've possibly made this error, and a lot of people have. The Context of Job It's a nice little passage that we have here, and it's nestled in a very important context as we look at this. The theme of Job is: Why do the wicked prosper? Why do righteous people suffer? Job says, "Like me — why do they suffer?" As we look at suffering and the sovereignty of God in the book of Job, God just does not grade on a curve. He doesn't grade in terms of merit. He is sovereign, and He's a good God. We'll look at what this all means in just a moment. As we look at this in Job chapter 7, Job is speaking, and we know from Job chapter 1 that he's a blameless man. I love the name of this place — the land of Uz. Then in chapter 8, Bildad replies, "How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be like a mighty wind?" In other words, Bildad's saying, "Job, you're full of hot air." As a matter of fact, Bildad goes on further in verses 11 to 13, and he basically says, "Job, your suffering is a result of your personal sin." We know that, again, Job is a godly guy. How do we rectify this situation? We also know, by the way, from chapter 1 that Satan wreaked havoc on Job. He destroyed Job's wealth and took his livestock and his possessions — verses 13 to 17. He killed Job's kids when a powerful wind collapsed the house that they were in — verses 18 and 19. We also know that his whole body — I mean, this is amazing — his whole body was afflicted with painful sores from head to toe. It was incredible suffering. Yet the Bible says Job remained faithful. He didn't sin or blame God — verse 22. Amazing. As we look at our Verse of the Day, it says his mouth can be filled with laughter, and there are going to be shouts of joy. That comment comes in a long line of comments that Bildad, the bad counselor, made to Job. How is this relevant to you and to me? Good Theology Without Compassion I find this incredibly relevant to almost every single day of my life as I think about this text. To my shame, I have jumped to conclusions about people like Bildad. I've given harsh counsel like Bildad gave. I've been impatient toward hurting people. I've exacerbated their pain when I could have truly helped them. I don't want to be that way. I hope you don't either. Let's look at this. I love what Warren says about this. Number one, good theology applied without compassion becomes bad counsel. I'm going to say that again for you and me: good theology applied without compassion becomes bad counsel. Don't be a theology head without a heart. Oh my goodness, there were so many times in my younger years I was like this. I hope I'm like this less as I grow. If you're somebody who's heard me or listened to me, and I've given you bad counsel, I'm sorry. I don't want to be this way. Some of the hardest people that I counsel or talk to are those who have a little bit of theology, or they know a lot of theology. They say they love Jesus, but they really don't love people. There's this overzealous desire to protect the truth, but they really don't love people. Good theology applied without compassion becomes bad counsel. We don't want that. Give Hurting People Compassion Secondly, and finally, give hurting people compassion, not a club-shaped Bible — throwing big hunks of meat, big hunks of verses at them. We make the Bible like a club instead of having compassion. I remember years ago I was interviewing for a position, and she asked me tons of questions. She was a very articulate woman. Then I finally asked her, "What are you...

  4. 3d ago ·  Video

    Do It All for the Glory of God

    Do It All for the Glory of God Read the transcript from today's video devotional. The Practicality of Scripture I just absolutely love how practical Scripture is. I think you'll understand as we get into this. Maybe you've been sitting at work or at home, and you started thinking, "Something sounds good. I just want something to eat or something to drink." What's the first thing you think about when that's the case? It's typically, "Oh, this sounds really good." Your mouth starts salivating, and you start thinking about and picturing this drink or this food. Or your first thought is, "Okay, what does my trainer or my doctor say I can or can't have?" That's why I so love the practicality of Scripture. Now, thinking back to our verse today, are we sitting here thinking, "Okay, what does the Lord want me to have right now to eat or drink?" Not really. Let's look at this practically. Meat Offered to Idols Let's put this in the context of this passage and what this really translates into for our lives. I encourage you to read 1 Corinthians chapter 10. It's packed full of some great, great practical things for our lives, especially as we apply it through the lens of the historical context of that time period versus today. Now we have grocery stores we all go to, and we have a whole meat section we get to choose from. In that time, a lot took place where meat was delivered to temples and offered to false gods, and whatever was left over from the meat was actually what was sold in the street markets. There was a lot of meat that was actually offered to idols at that time. That's what this passage really delves into — the appropriateness of eating meat offered to idols. As Paul is unpacking this with the church of Corinth, it's interesting, because he was saying that if you go to an unbeliever's house and they offer meat, don't ask where it came from, because you don't want your conscience to be seared. If the host actually says that this meat was offered to idols, now the host is making an issue out of it and saying, "Hey, this meat was offered to idols," as if that is a good thing. Paul is saying to refrain from eating that meat, because now you have to be a testimony to the world. What Does the Lord Want? That's the context of all of this. Paul is really saying we can't just constantly live in this world where we just do things, where our mind goes to, "What do I want?" He's actually saying that in everything we do, our first thought is, "What does the Lord want me to have or to do?" Secondly, "How am I representing the Lord as an example, as an opportunity to be a witness and give God glory in everything I do?" — whether it's eating or drinking, whether it's meat or wine at the time, because there were also drink offerings to false gods. It was a variety of things Paul is addressing to say: before we do things, do we actually consider ourselves first and what we desire? Or do we actually consider what God may desire, and how we are communicating who we are in Christ to the world by what we do? That's why I so love the practicality of this, because eating and drinking are so basic and fundamental to our everyday lives. Even the Basic Fundamentals I'm sure all of us, if we go without food or water or something to drink, by the end of the day we're hungry and then some. We're constantly living in this space of the basic fundamentals. I love that that's the practicality behind this verse — the basic fundamentals, even beyond everything else that we have in our day. Even in the basic fundamentals, do we actually consider God? Do we actually consider that our body is God's? Do we actually consider how we represent God to those around us and what we're communicating, even by the basic, fundamental things of what we eat and drink? It's just such a core, amazing truth that we have in Scripture, because at the end...

  5. 4d ago ·  Video

    Only Those Who Believe That Jesus Is the Son of God

    Only Those Who Believe That Jesus Is the Son of God Read the transcript from today's video devotional. Have you found yourself laying in your bed, waking up thinking you would have the energy to do everything you'd planned the day before, and you already feel like you lost the battle? I've been there a handful of times and it can feel very defeating. You've got hope. Then you wake up and that hope is deflated. I pray our Verse of the day encourages you in whatever moment you find yourself. The Battle Hinges on Belief The battle hinges on belief. Internally, the fight is happening. It could happen in your mind where you think, "I can't do this," or in your heart—"I'm really not feeling this today." The battle is for our heart. The world wants it, whether you see it or not. The advertising that pops up on your screen, the voices you hear on your TV, or even conversations you hear surrounding you at the coffee shop when you're out and about—it's all about how to get your heart, how to capture it. If the world can determine what you believe, it can keep you from seeing Jesus. It can actually curb your faith. If we go a level deeper, we can think about how it will make you believe that what is possible is completely up to you. But what do you do when you wake up in the morning and you don't have the energy to do anything? The Battle Is Already Won I would encourage you to pause and remember that the battle is already won in Jesus. If you feel today that you don't have the energy to fight, think of this: Jesus already won. It's going back to the truth of what Scripture says and calling yourself to remember. David, the author of the Psalms, actually writes to his soul. He says, "Why are you downcast, O my soul? Put your hope in God." There is this call that we have to choose to engage with when we know that the Bible never changes, it never lies. The Word of God is always true. We have to put our hope in the fact that God is never changing. When the battle feels like it's shifting one way or the other and we can't get out, we need to be like David and call ourselves to attention and say, "No matter what energy I have or don't have today, I will put my hope in God. He's the one that will overcome, and ultimately, the enemy cannot change the outcome of the cross." The Hope That Hinges on Belief The hope that you have today hinges entirely on your belief in Jesus. If you haven't put your faith in Him today, I would ask you to seriously consider it. If you feel hopeless, call on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith. If you feel faithless, the Bible says that He remains faithful. Don't back down in the fight. Just because you feel like you've lost ground does not mean that the war is lost. Jesus won. It says actually that He took the keys of death and hell. He holds them. They belong to Him. The enemy is under His feet. Choose to Stand in Jesus's Victory I would ask that today, wherever you find yourself, choose to stand in Jesus's victory.

  6. 5d ago ·  Video

    Bookend Your Day with God

    Bookend Your Day with God Read the transcript from today's video devotional. Just Doing, Doing, Doing Every Monday morning, without fail, I get asked the same question by a group of people that I work with: "What did you do this weekend?" If you're like me, this question is followed by a pause. Then you think, and then you just start listing out all of the to-dos that you did over the weekend to catch up on your week. Before long, you start to realize that your weekends sound just as exhausting as your week. God doesn't want us to burn out by just doing, doing, doing. God wants us to rest. Our Verse of the Day is a song that was written to be sung on the Sabbath, the day that was appointed for God's people to slow down and rest. If you're having trouble making margin to settle your heart, be encouraged by our verse today. I will be the first to admit that I give my weekends away so fast and so easily. I wake up Saturday, and it's just go time. We've got sports practices, we've got errands, we've got chores, we've got house projects. It feels like even in the moments where I have time to slow down, I feel guilty, and I just want to keep going and I want to keep doing. Bookending Our Days How do we protect ourselves from this mindset? Our Verse of the Day gives us a really good place to start: bookending our days with focused time and attention on the Lord. The psalm tells us that it is good to proclaim God's unfailing love in the morning and His faithfulness in the evening. I mean, just think about this practically. How many times do you wake up on a Saturday morning, and the first thing you do is grab your phone and start checking notifications, and then you jump into your day? By the end of it, you're exhausted, and you just plop down onto the couch. You pull your phone out, and you start the doom scroll all over again. This is a great place to start to build rest into our schedules. I want to challenge you to do this: the first thing that you do in the morning, just sit with the Lord. Consider His love for you — all the ways that He's proven His love, all the ways that He's showing it now. Before you get too tired at the end of the day, I want you to look back and reflect on all the ways that God has been faithful in your life and in the lives of the people around you. I would be shocked if, in starting to form this rhythm, you didn't find that the moments between the start and the end also filled up with more focused attention on the Lord. Enter Into His Rest When we start and end our days this way, our minds start to center around what God is doing in our lives. Don't burn yourself out. Don't just go, go, go, go. God wants to be with us. Enter into that Sabbath rest. Make margin for what matters most. Reflect on His love. Reflect on His faithfulness. In those moments, your soul will find true rest in the arms of our Savior.

  7. 6d ago ·  Video

    Draw Near and Stay Near

    Draw Near and Stay Near Read the transcript from today's video devotional. As Close as We Choose to Be You and I are as close to God as we choose to be. Sometimes I look around and I ask myself, "How is this person so close to God?" It seems like they have a vibrant relationship with the Lord. I have those people in my life, and I'm like, "Man, I want to be like them." The reality is, there's a price that they pay to stay close to God. In our Verse of the Day, Paul is teaching on what it means to be reconciled to God. United With Christ Paul wants to remind us of this foundational truth: you have been united with Jesus Christ. What does that mean? When we respond to the Gospel, we are now in Jesus Christ. That means when God looks at us, He sees righteousness. Our position as believers is that we are the righteousness of Christ. We're united with Him. We are in the family of God. We're adopted. We're loved. 1 Peter chapter 2 and verse 9 would tell us that we are God's prized possession. We're in the family of God. Brought Near Then Paul says this: "Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to Him through the blood of Christ." He says you used to be far away, and I love that because it reminds me of where I used to be when I didn't know Jesus. Sometimes it's so healthy to just remind ourselves where we used to be and where we are now, because there's a price that was paid for our sin. Let us never forget that forgiveness was very costly. When Paul says you were brought near to Him through the blood of Christ, he's talking about Jesus going to the cross, absorbing the wrath that you and I deserved, to pay for our sins. He's saying, because of that, you have been brought near. What does that mean? You and I have access to God. We can approach God with boldness, with courage, knowing that when we draw near to Him — James chapter 4 and verse 8 says — God will draw near to us. Christianity is not just about saying yes to Jesus, being forgiven of sin and just waiting for Jesus to come back. Staying Near It's about having a vibrant relationship with Jesus. It's about staying near. In fact, I believe the key to ministry is not having crazy charisma or style. The key to ministry is falling in love with Jesus every single day. Ask yourself today, "What do I need to do not just to draw near, but to stay near?" There's a price that we have to pay if we want to stay close to Jesus. There are some seasons in my life where I don't feel as close to the Lord, and that's okay. My job is to keep drawing near. Maybe you're in that season today where you're like, "Well, I'm drawing near, and I feel like I'm in a dry place." I want to encourage you and tell you this: that season will come to an end. Keep drawing near. When you do that, God will draw near to you.

  8. Oct 25 ·  Video

    Seek the Lord While You Can Find Him

    Seek the Lord While You Can Find Him Read the transcript from today's video devotional. When I read this verse, something comes to mind for me that might resonate with some of you, but maybe others will just be learning about it now. When I was a kid, there was something called Highlights magazine. I don't know if that brings up anything for anyone, but for me, the nostalgia is strong and I have favorable memories. It's mainly because what this verse is talking about was represented in a very small and minuscule way in something in this magazine. Hidden Pictures It was a section called Hidden Pictures. You turned to the page and when you look at the picture, you see this big piece of art that's filling up the whole page. Within that picture, there are all these other little pictures that are woven into the greater piece of art. There's a list on the side of all of these items. Your job is to look at this picture, this piece of art, and find the hidden pictures that are inside. I used to love to grab my pen and go through that list and try to find with keen eye in the middle of this greater picture where the other hidden pictures were. Well, that comes to mind for me because I believe what we're seeing here on the pages of Isaiah is calling us to this work here on earth: to seek where we can see the Lord in the middle of our regular life. Where are the hidden pictures of God's hand of kindness? Where are the hidden pictures of God's grace, His goodness, His forgiveness? Where can we see God? Maybe at first glance, we don't see Him right away. Finding God in Hard Seasons For some of us, this feels like a very foreign prospect, because we might be in a season where it feels like I'm looking at this picture of life, I'm looking at this artistic work that's unfolding, and I can't see how there can be any evidence of God in the middle of any of it, because it's just hard right now. I feel like at every turn there is disappointment and sadness, frustration. This is something that is real to the plight of the human being on earth. There are others of us who are going, "Man, I can't help but see at every turn all the ways that God is at work in the middle of my story. Things are good. I'm thriving, I feel hopeful." The cool thing is, for each one of us on the journey, the difficulty of finding God at work and the abundant nature of seeing God at work intersect with one another. Seeking God in Community Do you know why? Because God actually designed our pursuance of Him not to be individual, but communal in nature. The reader in the first century of the Scriptures, understanding who Jesus was and what it meant to know Him and reading these letters about His life—the people would have known it wasn't just for them by themselves to figure out where they could see God at work. It was to understand what it meant to know God for themselves relative to the community. The reason that was important is exactly how I just lined it out. There were times where people needed the encouragement of the ones who were seeing God everywhere, when they felt like He was invisible. There was the calibration for people who felt like they could do no wrong and everything was all good—but to remember there was pain and need and brokenness in life. They served one another in community as they sought to see the hidden pictures of God in the world. Increase Your Focus I don't know which side you find yourself on today, but let's increase our focus. Let's set our lenses to try to find God at work in the hidden pictures right here in our lives on earth.

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Have you been looking for a daily devotional that offers encouragement, challenges you to go deeper, and strengthens your Biblical understanding — all in about five minutes or less?  The K-LOVE Verse of the Day Podcast is a resource designed to meet you wherever you are in your faith journey and inspire you to move closer to Jesus.  Each day, a K-LOVE Pastoral Partner shares a verse of Scripture and dives into what it means, and how it can be applied in our lives.   New episodes release daily. Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts so you never miss a moment of inspiration. 

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