- Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
- Behold, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life. - To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- God shall bless us;
let all the ends of the earth fear him! - Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
forget not the afflicted. - God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble. - For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
for my hope is from him. - He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation. - I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart. - For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
- Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God. - Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
- Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called sons of God. - But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
- O God, you are my God;
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land
where there is no water. - For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried. - Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
- As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God. - For it is you who light my lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness. - So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
- Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me. - Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
- Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.Next verse!With image