Faith Hope LoveThe true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
John 1:9
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.
This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go.
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
For your ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all your paths.
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
John 8:32
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Don't be misled--you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Cast your cares on the Lord
and he will sustain you;
he will never let
the righteous be shaken.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
Righteousness guards the person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
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