- You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water. - Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked. - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
- And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
- So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
- In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
- God sets the lonely in families,
he leads out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. - And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
- For no word from God will ever fail.
- For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
- And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
- Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him.
- Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
- We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
- For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.
- Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.
- Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.
- Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling. - Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
- Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
- For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Bible verse of the day
Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord,and humility comes before honor.