- May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
- Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
- For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen. - God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
- Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
- Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
- Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
- And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Bible verse of the day
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.