- I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you. - You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
- He sent out his word and healed them;
he rescued them from the grave. - For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
- Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
- But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
- For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
- The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.
- Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely. - Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.”
- But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
- Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
- Direct my footsteps according to your word;
let no sin rule over me. - Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life. - Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger. - I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
- But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
- I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
- Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
- 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.
Bible verse of the day
A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.