Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.” A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,
and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. Let those who love the Lord hate evil,
for he guards the lives of his faithful ones
and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief. God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak. For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. I know that my redeemer lives,
and that in the end he will stand on the earth. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 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. Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life. Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.Next verse!With image