- Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.
- Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.”
- But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
and they never stop producing fruit. - Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a loyal spirit within me. - So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
- No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.
- For I know that as you pray for me and the Spirit of Jesus Christ helps me, this will lead to my deliverance.
- Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
- The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. - For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.
- But I will send you the Advocate—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.
- And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.
- For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
- When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
- A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. - Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.
- Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!
- It is the same with my word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it. - The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve. - The tongue can bring death or life;
those who love to talk will reap the consequences. - This is what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.
- Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!” So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.
- Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
on a firm footing. - My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
but God remains the strength of my heart;
he is mine forever.
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