From
This
Verse

365 Inspiring Stories About the Power of God’s Word

Robert J. Morgan

THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS
Nashville

Today’s Reading

The Author and Publisher sincerely appreciate all the writers who are quoted in From This Verse. We have made every attempt to contact each one and secure permission before including their work. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate a few people, whose work is included here with our heartfelt thanks.

Copyright © 1998 by Robert J. Morgan.

Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

All rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles.

Scripture quotations are from the NEW KING JAMES VERSION of the Bible © 1982 by Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Artwork images are Copyright 1995, Zedcor, Inc., Tucson, AZ and are used with permission.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Morgan, Robert J., 1952–

From this verse : 365 Scriptures that changed the world / by

Robert J. Morgan.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0–7852-1393–7

1. Bible—Meditations. 2. Devotional calendars. I. Title.

BV4811.M578 1998

242,.2—dc21

98–15633

CIP

Dedication

Here are 366 Bible verses that altered lives and changed history. In this book, you’ll learn amazing and inspiring stories about specific verses of Scripture that …

• Kept a missionary off the Titanic

• Led to the widespread use of anesthesia during surgery

• Inaugurated the era of global communications

• Persuaded President Harry Truman to recognize the modern state of Israel

• Sparked the greatest revival in American history, the Great Awakening

• Motivated a famous Olympic athlete to “go for the gold”

• Prepared the residents of Concord, Massachusetts for the “Shot Heard ’Round the World”

• Inspired the Christmas carol Joy To The World

• Saved a teenager from being tortured to death by the Cherokees

• Led reformer Martin Luther to Christ

• Led Augustine to the Lord

• Brought Charles Wesley to Christ

• Sparked the development of the largest missionary force in history, the Wycliffe Bible translators

• Seared the heart of an international smuggler who literally tried to smoke the Bible

• Empowered Franklin Graham to break his addiction to cigarettes

• Enabled a man to forgive his son’s murderer

• Facilitated the collapse of Communism in Russia during the 1989 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev

• and 349 more!

Of course, Bible verses are not magic wands to wave over our troubles, making them disappear like rabbits down a hat. But the Word of God is a two-edged sword, alive and powerful, “piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12). It is inspired, infallible, inerrant, and packed with authority. And yields its secrets through daily study and meditation, bringing us into intimate fellowship ...