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Chinese (traditional)Jesus replied, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.” The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
for the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
and to proclaim that captives will be released
and prisoners will be freed. Plans go wrong for lack of advice;
many advisers bring success. And do everything with love. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. Let all that I am praise the Lord;
with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good. Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. Pride leads to disgrace,
but with humility comes wisdom. Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all. I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God. Search for the Lord and for his strength;
continually seek him. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. Have mercy on me, O God,
because of your unfailing love.
Because of your great compassion,
blot out the stain of my sins.
Wash me clean from my guilt.
Purify me from my sin. Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father. Every word of God proves true.
He is a shield to all who come to him for protection. If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord!
Praise the Lord! May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ. Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours. Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water. But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently. And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations. Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed— for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west. Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.Next verse!With image