- Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!
- Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
- My victory and honor come from God alone.
He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. - In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God. - Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
- “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.”
- Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.
- And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.
- Our help is from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth. - For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.
- So remember this and keep it firmly in mind: The Lord is God both in heaven and on earth, and there is no other.
- The Lord will work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.
Don’t abandon me, for you made me. - Search for the Lord and for his strength;
continually seek him. - The one thing I ask of the Lord—
the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
delighting in the Lord’s perfections
and meditating in his Temple. - For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- For,
There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. - The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is a wonderful teacher,
and he gives the farmer great wisdom. - But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
- Unless the Lord builds a house,
the work of the builders is wasted.
Unless the Lord protects a city,
guarding it with sentries will do no good. - But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”
- Who has done such mighty deeds,
summoning each new generation from the beginning of time?
It is I, the Lord, the First and the Last.
I alone am he. - You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.
- And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
- Be still, and know that I am God!
I will be honored by every nation.
I will be honored throughout the world. - And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one Lord—his name alone will be worshiped.
Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from beginning to end, you are God.Who is the King of glory?
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—
he is the King of glory.