- Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from beginning to end, you are God. - The name of the Lord is a strong fortress;
the godly run to him and are safe. - And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.
- Yes, God will bless us,
and people all over the world will fear him. - Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!
- This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
- And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
- As the deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for you, O God. - For who is God except the Lord?
Who but our God is a solid rock? - You must faithfully keep all my commands by putting them into practice, for I am the Lord.
- And every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. - Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry,
but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing. - All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.
- But the Lord watches over those who fear him,
those who rely on his unfailing love. - Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
- But Lord, you remain the same forever!
Your throne continues from generation to generation. - “Can anyone hide from me in a secret place?
Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?”
says the Lord. - Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Spirit he gave us lives in us.
- A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
- I have been the Lord your God
ever since I brought you out of Egypt.
You must acknowledge no God but me,
for there is no other savior. - What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,
whose people he has chosen as his inheritance. - Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
- No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
- God is not a man, so he does not lie.
He is not human, so he does not change his mind.
Has he ever spoken and failed to act?
Has he ever promised and not carried it through? - Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.
So God created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.Who is the King of glory?
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—
he is the King of glory. Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.Next verse!With image