- And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
- Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
- To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- But surely, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life. - For God alone my soul waits in silence,
for my hope is from him. - God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble. - For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation. - Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God. - I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart. - Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
do not forget the oppressed. - For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
- O God, you are my God, 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. - Now a mediator involves more than one party; but God is one.
- May God continue to bless us;
let all the ends of the earth revere him. - He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.”
- Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
- Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.
- For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried. - It is you who light my lamp;
the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness. - Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.
- As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God. - So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.
- God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
- Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right spirit within me.Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
those who open wide their lips come to ruin.