And the Levites said: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting.” —Nehemiah 9:5. “Stand up and shout it if you love my Jesus!”

[The glory of the God of Israel] answered me, “The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good

Then a cloud appeared and enveloped [Jesus and his disciples, Peter, James, and John], and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to

[The people of God stood and worshiped him, saying:] “You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all

[When the light from heaven flashed around him, Saul] fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”  “Who are you,

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. —Isaiah 9:2. God fulfilled this

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.” —John 9:3. Let’s ask God to

I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. —Psalm 9:1. The words of Jessie Brown Pound’s old hymn, “Will You Not Tell

[Jesus] then began to teach [his disciples] that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and

Even as [Jesus] spoke, many put their faith in him. —John 8:30. While we often talk about Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we can also find it easy to ignore his

“But what about you?” [Jesus] asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.” —Mark 8:29 The sweetest confession any of us will ever make is

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. —Romans 8:28. The real issue

The men [in the boat caught in the storm] were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” —Matthew 8:27. What

In the same way [as the Spirit blesses us in so many ways in our lives], the Spirit [also] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we

[Jesus warned the crowds,] “I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will

But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. —Romans 8:25. I’m not good at waiting. I don’t like waiting for Christmas. I

Not only [is all creation groaning under its bondage to decay], but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption