Fighter Verses

Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. –Matthew 5:11-12 Imagine being in that crowd hearing Jesus’s sermon on the […]

I want to take a minute to let you know some exciting news. Our ministry, Children Desiring God, which first introduced Fighter Verses™ in 1997, will become Truth78 on April 10. Visit the Children Desiring God blog to read more about the name change, our vision, new website, new resources, and a launch event. One […]

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever. –Psalm 23:5-6 It has been sweet to bask in the […]

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who […]

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. 7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. 8Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! –Psalm 34:6-8 King David is the […]

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.–Proverbs 16:32 As you reflect on this verse you’ll notice it is not an imperative to never be angry. Being slow to anger, does not mean being devoid of anger. There are countless things […]

In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. 15I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. 16I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.—Psalm 119:14-16 As you read the post below, you may find yourself thinking: “He’s writing about the […]

—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.—Ephesians 2:6-7 In the first 10 verses of Ephesians 2, Paul’s primary focus is on our […]