- This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
- For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
- Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness. - He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
- For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
- Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God. - For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.
- Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
- This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
- He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.
- My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed. - But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
- For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. - 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.
- Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
- His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
- Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
- For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies. - As you do not know the path of the wind,
or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things. - All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
- Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
- Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many. - For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
it is he who will save us. - What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.
Bible verse of the day
Teach me to do your will,for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground.