- If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.
- All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
- The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;
the righteous run to it and are safe. - Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests. - Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
- And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
- But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
- We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.
- Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
- There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God. - Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
- Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
- Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.”
- Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all. - 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.
- My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God? - And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
- Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
- I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
- No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
- 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.
- You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Bible verse of the day
Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothingwithout revealing his plan
to his servants the prophets.