John 15:16 "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abid...

"He went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him. He appointed twelve [whom he also named apostles] tha...

Psalm 56:9-11 "Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise,...

"David continued: “The same LORD who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philist...

1 Samuel 16: 7 "But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected h...

1 Samuel 15:22 “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is ...

1 John 4:16 "So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in Go...

"We too must be like all the nations, with a king to rule us, lead us in warfare, and fight our battles”  (1 Samuel 8: 20) The Lord G...

"Why has the Lord permitted us to be defeated today by the Philistines?"  (1 Samuel 4: 3) All warfare prefigures spiritual warfa...

"Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening."  (1 Samuel 3: 9) How much do I listen to the Lord?  I know that listening to the L...

"None of the thoughts that render us anxious and agitated in spirit in any way  comes from God, who is the Prince of Peace. These are t...

"After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of G...

"Now there was a man full of leprosy* in one of the towns where he was; and when he saw Jesus, he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and...

"For whoever is begotten by God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith."  (1 John 5: 4) A big ...

"This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit." (1 John 4: 13) "There is no f...

"When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and h...

"He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illne...

"They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves...

"In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets;  in these last days, he spoke to us throug...

"The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world"  (John 1: 29...