A Call to Persevere in Faith Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, NIV Listen let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty…
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Final Charge to Timothy But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the sight…
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You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin. NIV Listen Source: Daily Manna
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. NIV Listen Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us…
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Psalm 8 For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David. Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.When I consider your heavens, the…
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For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. NIV Listen Source: Daily Manna
Psalm 147 Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.Great is our Lord and mighty in…
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Psalm 139 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it…
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Paul’s Hardships We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness;…
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It…
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