Is anything too difficult for the LORD?-Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He will do it.--Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God --Casting all your anxiety upon Him, because He cares for you.

      Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD

      It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.--The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.

      I love the LORD, because He hears My voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.
 

THOU shalt . . . make a laver of bronze...and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they may not die... they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they may not die...--Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you --If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

      From my flesh I shall see God: Whom I myself shall behold, and Whom my eyes shall see and not another.-- Nothing unclean and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it.--Thine eyes are too pure to approve evil, And Thou canst not look on wickedness --I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

IF any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, Who gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith without any doubting --Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight --The only wise God.--Be not wise in your own eyes.

      Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, because I am a youth. But the LORD said to me, Do not say, I am a youth, because everywhere I send you, you shall go, and all that I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the LORD.

      If you shall ask the Father for anything, He will give it to you in My name. Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full --All things you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.

AND I said, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. I would hasten to my place of refuge from the stormy wind and tempest.

      In this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven...for indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.--Having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better

      Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart.
      Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.--We suffer with Him in order that we may also be glorified with Him. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

      He knows the way I take. When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.

      You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. You are to know in your heart that the LORD your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.

THEN David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, Whom you have taunted. And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it. Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone.

      The king is not saved by a mighty army. A warrior is not delivered by great strength. Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, on those who hope for His lovingkindness--Both riches and honor come from Thee, and Thou dost rule over all, and in Thy hand is power and might; and it lies in Thy hand to make great, and to strengthen everyone.

      I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

NOT that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God --A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven --No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day --And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always

      Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow. In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be, as it were, the first fruits among His creatures.

      For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

      LORD, Thou wilt establish peace for us, since Thou hast also performed for us all our works.

While following the way of Thy judgments, O LORD, we have waited for Thee eagerly. Thy Name, even Thy memory, is the desire of our souls. At night my soul longs for Thee. Indeed, my spirit within me seeks Thee diligently

      I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the wishing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.--The flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please.

      I can do all things through Him who strengthens me .--Our adequacy is from God --My grace is sufficient for you.

THE LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him --He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed --For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

      But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, Whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life--There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

      The LORD our Righteousness.

THE meekness and gentleness of Christ.

      A bruised reed He will not break, And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish

      The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because he anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He hath sent Me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord. And he began to say to them, Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips

      And the Lord turned, and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, Before a cock crows today, you will deny Me three times. And he went out and wept bitterly.

      He will tend His flock, in His arm He will gather the lambs, and carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

BRETHREN, even if a man is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.

      My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth, and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins --Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart --Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law -Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor --all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.

      We who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.

IT is sown a perishable body... it is sown in dishonor... it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown a natural body.--The first man is of the earth, earthy.

      You are dust, And to dust you shall return --One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and satisfied...while another dies with a bitter soul, never even tasting anything good. Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them.

      My flesh also will dwell securely -- Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God --A Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ... will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

      LORD, make me to know my end, and what is the extent of my days, Let me know how transient I am --So teach us to number our days, That we may present to Thee a heart of wisdom.

HE has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?-- Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.--To love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength and to love one's neighbor as himself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.
      Therefore return to your God, Observe kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually --Mary... was listening to the Lord's word, seated at His feet... only a few things are necessary, really only one, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
      It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

THE LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being --It is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding --The first man Adam became a living soul.--The breath (spirit) of man ascends upward.
      While we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord-- We are of good courage... and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord --With Christ, for that is very much better --We do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
      I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

I KNOW whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.--The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom --in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.--Your life is is hidden with Christ in God.
      Did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
      Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.

YOU shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. They answered Him, We are Abraham's offspring, and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, You shall become free? Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.
      Keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.-- Having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.--For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband.
      The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death --I will walk at liberty, for I seek Thy precepts.

ABSTAIN from every form of evil --Have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men--For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
      By no means let any of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler but if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not feel ashamed, but in that name let him glorify God.
      You were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.--Take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak --Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea-- To the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.

IT is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed .--so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night. But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
      Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you.
      Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ -- Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps alight. And be like men who are waiting for their master

Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you. Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.--Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble. Say to those with anxious heart, Take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance. The recompense of God will come, but He will save you.--The LORD your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy --Wait for the LORD; Be strong, and let your heart take courage.
      I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He shall dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be among them and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.
 

BE strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God and may the LORD do what is good in His sight --We prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against t