Discouraged

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

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.

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

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. — read the full passage →

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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.

men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. — read the full passage →

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. — 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 →

brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” — read the full passage →

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

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

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ — read the full passage →

“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. — read the full passage →

They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.” — read the full passage →

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations. — read the full passage →

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, — read the full passage →

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him, — read the full passage →

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 →

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

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them. — read the full passage →

Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,

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

Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep. — read the full passage →

For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life. — read the full passage →

If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. — read the full passage →

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him. — read the full passage →

saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God, and didn’t respect man. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there. — read the full passage →

He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them. — read the full passage →

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. — read the full passage →

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.