Colossians 1:15-20He is the image of the invisible God,  the firstborn over all creation.  For everything was created by him,  in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things have been created through him and for him.  He is before all things,  and by him all things  hold together. He is also the head of the body, the church...  Read More

1 Thessalonians 4:13-1813 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For we say this to you by a word from the Lord: We who are still alive at the L...  Read More

Galatians 2:2020 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....  Read More

Psalm 1001 Let the whole earth shout triumphantly to the Lord! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness;come before him with joyful songs. 3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and bless his name.5 For the Lord is good, and his faithful love endures forever; his faith...  Read More

Philippians 2:5-115 Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus, 6 who, existing in the form of God,did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited. 7 Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, 8 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even to death on a cross. 9 For this...  Read More

Proverbs 3:5-6Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight....  Read More

Romans 8:18-3918 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of him who subjected it—in the hope 21 that the creation itself will also be set free from the b...  Read More

Matthew 28:18-20Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”...  Read More

Galatians 3:26-29for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus. For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ.  There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free,  male and female;  since you are all one  in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs  according to the promise....  Read More

James 1:27, 2:14-1727 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you s...  Read More

Luke 16:19-3119 “There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day. 20 But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate. 21 He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores. 22 One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man...  Read More

Romans 8:14-17For all those led by God’s Spirit  are God’s sons.  For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear.  Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption,  by whom we cry out, “ Abba ,  Father! ” The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit  that we are God’s children, and if children, also heirs of God and coheirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with him  so tha...  Read More