- And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
- When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
- But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”
- That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- I will praise you with an upright heart
as I learn your righteous laws. - You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness. - But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside. - But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
- 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”. - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
- A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night. - You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
- But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”
- So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
- But when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
- When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
- After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
- As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owners
except to feast their eyes on them? - When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.
- But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.
- Be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.”This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live.” Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.Next verse!With image