- Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”
- But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
- All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you. - Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
- Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
- Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.
- Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
- Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.
- No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
- Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
- We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.
- Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord. - For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
- Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
- You are altogether beautiful, my darling;
there is no flaw in you. - Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
- I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.” - Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
- This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles. - Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
- The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him. - For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
- Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.
- In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
Bible verse of the day
All my longings lie open before you, Lord;my sighing is not hidden from you.