In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 NIV) % if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV) % Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4 ESV) % Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee. (Psalm 119:11 KJV) % Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! (Psalm 150:4 ESV) % Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. (Proverbs 21:21 NIV) % He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8 ESV) % For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16 KJV) % In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2 KJV) % Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6 ESV) % There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1 ESV) % And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28 NASB) % because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 ESV) % No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. (1 Corinthians 10:13 NKJV) % And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV) % For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. (2 Corinthians 4:17 NIV) % For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10 NKJV) % And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:17 NIV) % Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. (Revelation 21:1 NIV) % Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.” (Genesis 1:26 NASB) % The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. (Numbers 6:24-26 NIV) % This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live (Deuteronomy 30:19 NIV) % They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read. (Nehemiah 8:8 NIV) % Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither - whatever they do prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3 NIV) % The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. (Psalm 23:1-2 NKJV) % God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, (Psalm 46:1-2 ESV) % Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12 NIV) % A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. (Psalm 91:7 ESV) % Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord! (Psalm 117:1-2 ESV) % O how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day. (Psalm 119:97 KJ21) % The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Proverbs 1:7 NIV) % From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward. (Proverbs 12:14 NIV) % A person finds joy in giving an apt reply- and how good is a timely word! (Proverbs 15:23 NIV) % A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps. (Proverbs 16:9 NET) % The first one to plead his cause seems right, Until his neighbor comes and examines him. (Proverbs 18:17 NKJV) % Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done. (Proverbs 19:17 NIV) % The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want. (Proverbs 21:5 NRSV) % “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. (Isaiah 1:18 ESV) % For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6 ESV) % Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. (Isaiah 40:28 NKJV) % But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31 NLT) % Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:4-5 ESV) % This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 NKJV) % The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing (Zephaniah 3:17 NRSV) % But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, (Matthew 5:44 ESV) % But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (Matthew 6:33 NKJV) % Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:29-31 ESV) % And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. (Luke 2:52 NKJV) % And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments. (Luke 23:34 ESV) % My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and My Father are one.” (John 10:29-30 NKJV) % Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, (John 11:25 ESV) % These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 NKJV) % Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:3-5 ESV) % For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23 KJV) % He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? (Romans 8:32 KJV) % And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. (Romans 12:2 NASB) % But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22-23 ESV) % 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. (Ephesians 1:3 NIV) % For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV) % Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, (Ephesians 4:15 ESV) % And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32 NKJV) % And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:9-11 ESV) % Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (Philippians 2:12-13 ESV) % Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. (Philippians 4:4 ESV) % Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; (Philippians 4:5 ESV) % do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7 ESV) % Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Philippians 4:8 ESV) % And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19 ESV) % He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (Colossians 1:15-17 ESV) % And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. (Colossians 3:14 NIV) % Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV) % For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV) % Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV) % All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV) % and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, (Hebrews 10:24 RSV) % But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6 NKJV) % looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2 NKJV) % Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. (James 1:17 NLT) % My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, (James 1:19 NIV) % But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (James 1:22 NKJV) % But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. (James 3:17 ESV) % 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, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, (1 Peter 1:3-4 NIV) % For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. (1 Peter 3:17 NIV) % casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7 WEB) % If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9 KJV) % Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8 NKJV) % In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. (1 John 4:10 WEB) % And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” (Revelation 5:13 ESV) % He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. (Revelation 22:20-21 NKJV) % Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. % Exodus 20:2 - “I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. % Leviticus 18:4 - You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am Yahweh your God. % Numbers 23:19 - God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good? % Deuteronomy 6:5 - You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. % Joshua 1:9 - Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.” % Judges 17:6 - In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes. % Ruth 1:16 - Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God. % 1 Samuel 16:7 - But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.” % II Samuel 5:12 - David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake. % 1 Kings 3:9 - Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?” % 2 Kings 13:23 - But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and favored them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them and he didn’t cast them from his presence as yet. % 1 Chronicles 29:11 - Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all. % II Chronicles 7:14 - if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. % Ezra 7:10 - For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. % Nehemiah 6:15-16 - So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they lost their confidence; for they perceived that this work was done by our God. % Esther 4:14 - For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” % Job 19:25 - But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth. % Psalms 150:6 - Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah! % Proverbs 1:7 - The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. % Ecclesiastes 12:13 - This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. % Song of Songs 2:4 - He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love. % Isaiah 40:31 - but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint. % Jeremiah 29:13 - You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart. % Lamentations 3:22 - It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. % Ezekiel 36:26 - I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. % Daniel 2:22 - He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. % Hosea 6:6 - For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. % Joel 2:32 - It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls. % Amos 5:14 - Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say. % Obadiah 1:15 - For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head. % Jonah 4:11 - Shouldn’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many animals?” % Micah 6:8 - He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? % Nahum 1:7 - Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him. % Habakkuk 3:2 - Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy. % Zephaniah 3:17 - Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing. % Haggai 2:9 - ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ says Yahweh of Armies.” % Zechariah 4:6 - Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies. % Malachi 4:2 - But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall. % Matthew 6:33 - But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. % Mark 10:45 - For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” % Luke 19:10 - For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.” % John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. % Acts 1:8 - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.” % Romans 5:1 - Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; % 1 Corinthians 10:31 - Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. % 2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. % Galatians 5:1 - Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. % Ephesians 2:8 - for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, % Philippians 4:4 - Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!” % Colossians 2:9 - For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily, % 1 Thessalonians 5:2 - For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. % 2 Thessalonians 3:3 - But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. % 1 Timothy 4:16 - Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. % 2 Timothy 3:16 - Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, % Titus 3:5 - not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, % Philemon 1:6 - that the fellowship of your faith may become effective in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus. % Hebrews 12:2 - looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. % James 2:17 - Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. % 1 Peter 5:7 - casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you. % II Peter 1:3 - seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue, % 1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. % 2 John 1:6 - This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. % 3 John 1:4 - I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth. % Jude 1:3 - Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. % Revelation 21:5 - He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.” % (Genesis 50:20) As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today. % (Joshua 21:45) Nothing failed of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass. % (Joshua 24:15) If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.” % (1 Chronicles 16:26) For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens. % (Psalm 27:1) Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? % (Psalm 33:3) Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy! % (Psalm 34:10) The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. % (Psalm 47:6) Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises! % (Psalm 100:1 KJV) Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. % Psalm 103:1 - Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! % (Psalm 139:14) I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. % (Psalm 144:9) I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you. % Proverbs 3:6 - In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. % (Proverbs 22:3) A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. -- Proverbs 28:1 - The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. % (Proverbs 28:23) One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue. % (Ecclesiastes 3:14) I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him. % (Ecclesiastes 7:14) In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him. % (Ecclesiastes 7:16-18 NKJV) Do not be overly righteous, Nor be overly wise: Why should you destroy yourself? Do not be overly wicked, Nor be foolish: Why should you die before your time? It is good that you grasp this, And also not remove your hand from the other; For he who fears God will escape them all. % (Ezekiel 33:11) Tell them, ‘“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?”’ % Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase. % Joel 2:13 - Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity. % Haggai 1:4 - “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste? % Matthew 5:3 - “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. % (Matthew 6:19-21) “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. % (Matthew 7:12) Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets. % (Matthew 11:28-30) “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” % (John 1:12) But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: % (John 16:13) However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming. % (Romans 11:33) Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! % (1 Corinthians 1:25) because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. % (1 Corinthians 14:7) Even lifeless things that make a sound, whether pipe or harp, if they didn’t give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped? % (2 Corinthians 3:5) not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God, % (2 Corinthians 3:17) Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. % (Galatians 6:9-10) Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith. % (Ephesians 3:17-19) that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. % (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17) Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word. % (1 Timothy 4:4-5) For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer. % (1 Peter 1:13) Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ— % (1 Peter 2:2) as newborn babies, long for the pure spiritual milk, that with it you may grow, % (1 Peter 4:10) As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms. % 2 Peter 3:18 - But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. % I John 5:13 - These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. % (1 John 5:14-15) This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. % Jude 1:22-23 (ESV) - And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. % Revelation 21:6 (NKJV) - And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.