Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.

Nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I waited patiently for the Lord, and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.

Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

The Lord will fight for you, and you must be quiet.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.