- The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;
they imagine it a wall too high to scale. - If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.
- Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,
and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord. - My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever. - Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
- This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
- He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
- For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
- Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love.
- The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid? - This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
- In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.”
- The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
- And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
- For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
- This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
- For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
- Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers. - He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he. - Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
- For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.
- Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
Bible verse of the day
Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.