"They will receive blessing from the LORD, and vindication from the God of their salvation."
"Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine."
"As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning.Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus."
"I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as the prophet Isaiah said."
I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen.
""Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow."
I look to you, heaven-dwelling God, look up to you for help. We're watching and waiting, holding our breath, awaiting your word of mercy.
I am the vine, and you are the branches.
"Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all."
You do not know when the time will come. Do not be caught sleeping. Stay Awake.
Woe to you hypocrites! You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
Hasten, O God, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me.
Threatened by another painful birth, a mother birthing remembers where her faith is.
The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground...
"I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken and will act," says the LORD.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.
He said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you. And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me.
But about that day and hour no one knows...Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.
God's challenges our self-centered fasting in Isaiah 58.
"Then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in a cloud' with power and great glory."
