Cheerful

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. — read the full passage →

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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.”

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

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

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 →

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. — read the full passage →

For I rejoiced greatly, when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth. — read the full passage →

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, — read the full passage →

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain, — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

Joses, who by the apostles was also called Barnabas (which is, being interpreted, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a man of Cyprus by race, — read the full passage →

Cretans and Arabians: we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!” — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen, — read the full passage →

Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?” — read the full passage →

They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. — read the full passage →

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

“‘In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.

Miriam answered them, “Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God? — read the full passage →

Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.” — read the full passage →

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. — read the full passage →

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous, — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your seed be.” — read the full passage →

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. — read the full passage →

He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength. — read the full passage →

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” — read the full passage →

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

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

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. — read the full passage →

As he spoke these things, many believed in him. — read the full passage →

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” — read the full passage →

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying, — read the full passage →

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. — read the full passage →

As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal; — read the full passage →

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to be delivered?” says Yahweh: “shall I who cause to give birth shut the womb?” says your God. — read the full passage →

You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married. — read the full passage →

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many. — read the full passage →

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. — read the full passage →

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — read the full passage →

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. — read the full passage →

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. — read the full passage →

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream. — read the full passage →

May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah. — read the full passage →

Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. — read the full passage →

Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “Yahweh be with you.” They answered him, “Yahweh bless you.”

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. — 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 →

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.” — read the full passage →

Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh. — read the full passage →

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. — read the full passage →

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. — read the full passage →

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. — read the full passage →

Every place whereon the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border. — read the full passage →

Therefore you shall keep all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land, where you go over to possess it; — read the full passage →

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. — read the full passage →

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, — read the full passage →

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. — read the full passage →

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified. — read the full passage →

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; — read the full passage →

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →