Approaching God

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; — read the full passage →

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Yahweh spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Yahweh, and died; — read the full passage →

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. — read the full passage →

Therefore thus says Yahweh, If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. — read the full passage →

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. — read the full passage →

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. — read the full passage →

I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say. — read the full passage →

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God?

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized. — read the full passage →

For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward. — read the full passage →

Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?

Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is. — read the full passage →

for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God;

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. — read the full passage →

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life. — read the full passage →

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God: — read the full passage →

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account. — read the full passage →

Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren’t raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?

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

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. — read the full passage →

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil. — read the full passage →

Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place? — read the full passage →

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.