- Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
Then the Lord will be your delight.
I will give you great honor
and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob.
I, the Lord, have spoken! - Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer. - For the Scriptures say,
“If you want to enjoy life
and see many happy days,
keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.” - And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.
- But you may wonder, ‘How will we know whether or not a prophecy is from the Lord?’ If the prophet speaks in the Lord’s name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the Lord did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.
- A sign was fastened above Jesus’ head, announcing the charge against him. It read: “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
- And Jesus said to him, “Go, for your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus down the road.
- Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
- May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
- May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s holy people.
- May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
- They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.
- Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.”
- May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
- So Jesus told them, “My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me.”
- “What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.”
- Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?”
- For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
- When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.”
- Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”
- Timothy, my dear son, be strong through the grace that God gives you in Christ Jesus.
- Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
- And every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. - All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation.
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever. Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.Next verse!With image