The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
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.”
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.
Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago.
‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
I desire to do your will, my God;
your law is within my heart.
Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.
Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches.
You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
“And with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;
and, “You reward everyone
according to what they have done.”
For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain.
You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.Next verse!With image