- For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
- Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
- The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear.
What can mere people do to me? - “What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”
- Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.
- “Can anyone hide from me in a secret place?
Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?”
says the Lord. - I praise God for what he has promised.
I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me? - Can he walk on hot coals
and not blister his feet? - So we can say with confidence,
“The Lord is my helper,
so I will have no fear.
What can mere people do to me?” - Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies. - So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
- I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave, you are there. - How can a young person stay pure?
By obeying your word. - That is why I can never stop praising you;
I declare your glory all day long. - Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?
- What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
- Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do!
And whatever else you do, develop good judgment. - Don’t you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly?
- You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.
- No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.
- 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 we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
- And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.
- Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen.”
- A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible,
I would not forget you!
See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.
Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.