Prayer Picnic Learning Prayer and the word of God Together

Luke 1:36 New Living Translation (NLT)

What’s more, your relative Elizabeth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth month.

“During Elizabeth’s sixth month of pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to a virgin girl who lived in Nazareth, a town in Galilee. She was engaged to marry a man named Joseph from the family of David. Her name was Mary. The angel came to her and said, “Greetings! The Lord is with you; you are very special to him.” But Mary was very confused about what the angel said. She wondered, “What does this mean?” The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, because God is very pleased with you. Listen! You will become pregnant and have a baby boy. You will name him Jesus.”

Luke 1:26-31 ERV

Romans 5:3-4 explains that suffering produces perseverance, which in turn builds character and hope.

James 1:2-4 encourages considering trials with joy, as the testing of faith produces perseverance, leading to maturity.

Hebrews 12:1 calls believers to run the race with perseverance, casting aside hindrances.

Numbers 6:24-26: "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance on you and give you peace".

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a (ESV): "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never ends."

Isaiah 41:10 - "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."

Psalm 34:4

I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

New Living Translation

Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.

26 David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:26 in all English translation

Proverbs 18:16

King James Version

16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.