“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly 

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He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. ...

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.

But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

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 God, and God abides in him.

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.

Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.

The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness 

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

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 straight your paths.

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

The Lord bless you(A)

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and keep you;(B)

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the Lord make his face shine on you(C)

and be gracious to you;(D)

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the Lord turn his face(E) toward you

and give you peace.

asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

6 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

I pray that you would be surrounded by and filled with and located in and anchored to our Savior Jesus Christ Christ above you that you may walk in wisdom and rest in his love.  Christ below you that you may never stumble or fall Christ on your right in your strength Christ on your left and your weakness Christ going before you to prepare the way for you And Christ walking behind you to clean up all your messes. Christ within you filling you to overflowing today, tomorrow and forever AMEN. 

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