- Hear my prayer, O Lord;
listen to my plea!
Answer me because you are faithful and righteous. - Hear my prayer, O Lord!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don’t ignore my tears.
For I am your guest—
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me. - And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
- In that wonderful day you will sing:
“Thank the Lord! Praise his name!
Tell the nations what he has done.
Let them know how mighty he is!” - John replied, “If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry.”
- I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.
- The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve. - For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
- If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.
- May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.
- Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.
- Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne.
- Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth,
but only the Lord can give an understanding wife. - Take care of any widow who has no one else to care for her.
- Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds.
- When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get.
- But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!
- The wicked borrow and never repay,
but the godly are generous givers. - “Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.”
- May he grant your heart’s desires
and make all your plans succeed. - Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
- “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.”
- I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.
- Please, Lord, please save us.
Please, Lord, please give us success.
Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
We bless you from the house of the Lord. - He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.
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