Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250121

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Today is a beautiful day, because God convicts all of disobedience that He might show mercy to all, “For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250120

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Today is a beautiful day, because ” What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.’ So then it depends not on human will or exertion,…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250117

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Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus taught the lawyer who questioned him, “‘Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?’ He [the lawyer] said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘You go, and do likewise.’” (Luke 10:…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250116

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Today is a beautiful day, because “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.” ( Luke 6:…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250115

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Today is a beautiful day, because God mercifully ended 400 years of silence, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250114

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Today is a beautiful day, because Mary speaks of God’s mercy twice in her “Magnificat” song of praise, “And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.” “He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy.” (Luke 1: 50,54 ESV) Mercy #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250113

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Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus switched from ‘don’t tell’ to ‘go tell,’ “As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. And he did not permit him but said to him, ‘Go home to your friends and tell them…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250110

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Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus called out the Pharisees for neglecting the crux of the law while outwardly putting on the facade of holiness , “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250109

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Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus showed mercy on the sick, blind and possessed, “And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, ‘Lord, have mercy on us,…

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Joy in Verse Encouragement for 20250108

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Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus quoted Hosea 6:6 to spiritual leaders, “And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’ But when he heard it, he said, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are…

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