- You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
- Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
- Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
- While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”
- Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
- 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.”
- Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near. - Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
- Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.
- Remember your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you will say,
“I find no pleasure in them”. - Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.
- “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”
- This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live.”
- Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.
- I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
- For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
- May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
- Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have.
- This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
- A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
- Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.
- After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
- This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
Bible verse of the day
Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.