Approaching God

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;

Because of this I say to you, all whatever--praying--ye do ask, believe that ye receive, and it shall be to you.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

because also Christ once for sin did suffer--righteous for unrighteous--that he might lead us to God, having been put to death indeed, in the flesh, and having been made alive in the spirit, — read the full passage →

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as a custom of certain <FI>is<Fi> , but exhorting, and so much the more as ye see the day coming nigh.

Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus,

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, in their drawing near before Jehovah, and they die; — read the full passage →

always rejoice ye; — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink; — read the full passage →

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: If thou turnest back, then I bring thee back, Before Me thou dost stand, And if thou bringest out the precious from the vile, As My mouth thou art! They--they turn back unto thee, And thou dost not turn back unto them.

The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us, — read the full passage →

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die. — read the full passage →

Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name.

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord: — read the full passage →

as to wise men I speak--judge ye what I say: — read the full passage →

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing; — read the full passage →

for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

`And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places--standing--to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward. — read the full passage →

Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: `Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips.

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah. — read the full passage →

For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

Beloved, if our heart may not condemn us, we have boldness toward God,

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

so that we do boldly say, `The Lord <FI>is<Fi> to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God. — read the full passage →

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during; — read the full passage →

I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

And after these things I heard a great voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, `Alleluia! the salvation, and the glory, and the honour, and the power, <FI>is<Fi> to the Lord our God; — read the full passage →

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

And now, little children, remain in him, that when he may be manifested, we may have boldness, and may not be ashamed before him, in his presence;

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things <FI>are<Fi> naked and open to His eyes--with whom is our reckoning. — read the full passage →

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because--if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed--the son of the destruction,

because through him we have the access--we both--in one Spirit unto the Father.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

Seeing what shall they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all? why also are they baptized for the dead?

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, `And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil. — read the full passage →

Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place? — read the full passage →

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world--our faith;

that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

And thou--thou hast followed after my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance,

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,