Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.

— 1 Corinthians 15:1

Thoughts on Today’s Verse

Our hope, our salvation, and our foundation for faith is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Gospel is the same as that Gospel fi rst preached by the apostles and passed on to the believers in the early church. With so many confusing and confl icting ideas present in the world, we need to go back and be reminded of our simple faith in Jesus and his death, burial and resurrection. We need to unclutter our hearts from all the ideas and issues that so often divide our churches and rip apart our fellowships and hear the words of the old hymn, “Simply to Thy Cross I cling.” Today, let’s be reminded of that simple Gospel of Jesus and build our life there.

My Prayer...

Almighty and Precious Father, I love you. I cannot begin to thank you enough for your love and grace, displayed so powerfully to me in Jesus. I know the basis for my hope and the foundation on which I build my life is the Gospel of your dear Son. Thank you for giving me something so simple, steadfast, and sure. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. The Thoughts and Prayer on

The Thoughts and Prayer on Today’s Verse are written by Phil Ware. You can email questions or comments to phil@verseoftheday.com.