Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Let them praise your great and awesome name— he is holy.

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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

Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel

In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”

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.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”