For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
Cast your cares on the Lord
and he will sustain you;
he will never let
the righteous be shaken.
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
and as everyone comes, so they depart.
They take nothing from their toil
that they can carry in their hands.
A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
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.
Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
All a person’s ways seem pure to them,
but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave.
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 we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.