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Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6, HCSB
We need God for this life and the next, so we should seek Him for everything. He grants us life by grace through faith, and He calls us to ask Him for all that we need and even want.
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground.
Psalm 143:10, HCSB
We need God for this life and the next, so we should seek Him and His will daily, knowing salvation from sin and wisdom for each day comes from Him alone.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God — God remains in him and he in God.
1 John 4:15, HCSB
We need God for this life and the next, and He comes into our lives when we confess Christ as our God and Savior.
Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus
Romans 8:1, HCSB
We join God in the work of salvation, realizing we no longer face His wrath or punishment and showing this good news to those who have yet to believe.
For the person who has entered His rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from His.
Hebrews 4:10, HCSB
We join God in the work of salvation, and we join in His rest by not trying to earn our own salvation.
“Yahweh your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will bring you quietness with His love. He will delight in you with shouts of joy.”
Zephaniah 3:17, HCSB
God is good, and as we trust in His goodness as seen through the cross of Christ we will find His joy and peace in our lives.
The result of humility is fear of the Lord, along with wealth, honor, and life.
Proverbs 22:4, HCSB
God is good, and we know He judges evil. This should bring us healthy fear of God and gratitude for His goodness that He would save us through the blood of Christ.
“You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”
Luke 12:40, HCSB
God is good, and that is a reminder that, as bad as this world can be, He is coming again to make all things new. We do not know the exact time, but we can trust His goodness.
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16, HCSB
We confess Christ, believing that He died and rose again to bring us forgiveness of sins and new life. While we await His return, we may still suffer in this life and long for eternity, but the new life begins inside our souls, giving us hope and not merely wishful thinking.
“Do not remember the past events, pay no attention to things of old. Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:18-19, HCSB
We confess Christ as our Savior, believing that His death and resurrection has washed away our sins, forgetting our shame, and given us hope for eternity with Him.
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