- But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
- Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive all our sins
and receive us graciously,
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.” - There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God. - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
- The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
- Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
- This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,
we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts. - For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
- Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- 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 have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
- But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
- Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
- For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.
- And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
- ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
- Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.”
- So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- This, then, is how you should pray:
‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.’ - 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.
- “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
Bible verse of the day
All my longings lie open before you, Lord;my sighing is not hidden from you.