Being Weary

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

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

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

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.

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

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

But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing well.

Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him.

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

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

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

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

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.

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.

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

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

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. — read the full passage →

Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

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

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

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

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

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?

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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 →

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

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. — read the full passage →

For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. — read the full passage →

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.