Closer To God

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

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

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.

Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off? — read the full passage →

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you,

But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples. — read the full passage →

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Elsethey will not come near unto thee.

pray without ceasing;

unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto Beth-el, and wept, and sat there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

They then that received his word were baptized: and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls.

but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →

And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,— — read the full passage →

And John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting: and they come and say unto him, Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; — read the full passage →

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

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

who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

For all these things hath my hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.

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

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience.

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, and betheir God:

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision:

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Long time therefore they tarried there speaking boldly in the Lord, who bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

And whither I go, ye know the way.

and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee.

And when ye pray, ye 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 of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters: and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →