- God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light.
- No one has ever seen God.
It is the only Son, God,
who is at the Father’s side,
who has made him known. - For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the Spirit, and those of the Spirit are opposed to the flesh. They are in conflict with one another, so that you cannot do what you want.
- Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever he pleases. - I am the Lord, your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You know no God but me,
nor any savior other than me. - Keep in mind, therefore, that the Lord, your God, is God. He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant of mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and observe his commandments.
- Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God.
- While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
- Hence, be imitators of God, as beloved children.
- However, God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God.
- Surely God is my helper;
the Lord is the one who sustains me. - To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- To do your will, O God, is my delight;
your law is in my heart. - Arise, O Lord! Lift up your hand, O God!
Do not forget the afflicted. - Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God. - In God alone is my soul at rest;
it is from him that my salvation comes. - In God alone be at rest, O my soul;
it is from him that my hope comes. - Why are you so disheartened, O my soul?
Why do you sigh within me?
Place your hope in God;
for I will once again praise him,
my Savior and my God. - He replied, “What is impossible for men is possible for God.”
- May God continue to bless us
and be revered to the ends of the earth. - Therefore, a Sabbath rest still remains for the people of God, since those who enter into God’s rest also cease from their own labors as God did from his.
- Beloved,
since God loved us so much,
we should love one another. - God is our refuge and our strength,
a well-proved help in times of trouble. - Do you not realize that you are God’s temple, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
- As a deer longs for running streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
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If you abide in meand my words abide in you,
you may ask for whatever you wish,
and it will be done for you.