- If the world hates you,
be aware that it hated me
before it hated you. - A man may plan his own course,
but the Lord makes his steps secure. - The entire community of believers was united in heart and soul. No one claimed any of his possessions as his own, for everything was held in common.
- Therefore, prepare your minds for action. Be calm and fix your hopes completely on the grace that you will be granted at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- When my anxious thoughts multiplied,
your comfort filled my soul with joy. - Persevere in prayer, with alert minds and thankful hearts.
- For as it is written,
“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard,
nor has the human heart imagined
what God has prepared for those who love him.” - A fool gives free rein to his anger,
but a wise man bides his time and calms it. - Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil,
but those who counsel peace have joy. - The tongue of the just man is like pure silver;
the heart of the wicked is without worth. - They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and offered worship and service to the creature rather than to the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural practices. Likewise, men gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameful acts with men and received in their own persons the fitting penalty for their perversion. Furthermore, since these people did not see fit to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their depraved way of thinking and to all types of vile behavior.
- Remain sober and alert, for your enemy the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
- Banish grief from your heart
and ignore the sufferings of your body,
for youth and the prime of life are fleeting. - So today acknowledge it and take it to heart that the Lord is God in the heavens above and on the earth below. There is no other.
- Come to your senses and sin no more. For some of you have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
- Those who live according to the flesh fix their attention on the things of the flesh, while those who live according to the Spirit set their thoughts on spiritual things.
- Each person should give as much as he has decided in his heart, not with reluctance or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
- As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- Peace I leave with you,
my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives
do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled;
be not afraid. - Therefore, let us cease passing judgment on one another, but rather judge never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
- Oh, that they would have fear of me in their hearts and they would observe all of my commandments always. Then things would go well with them and their children forever.
- In all of your prayers and entreaties, pray always in the Spirit. To that end, keep alert and always persevere in supplication for all the saints.
- Can a woman forget the infant at her breast;
or feel no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even should she forget,
I will never forget you.
Behold, I have inscribed your name
on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before my eyes.
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