- So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
- Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
- I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.
- Hear my prayer, Lord,
listen to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my weeping.
I dwell with you as a foreigner,
a stranger, as all my ancestors were. - And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
- They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors. - And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one. - While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- Give us today our daily bread.
- Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
- I will strengthen Judah
and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion on them.
They will be as though
I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
and I will answer them. - Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
- When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
- So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
- If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
even their prayers are detestable.
Bible verse of the day
Though one may be overpowered,two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.