Giving Up

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

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.”

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; — read the full passage →

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

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

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. — read the full passage →

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

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

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.

Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

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.

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.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

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

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. — read the full passage →

What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

“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 I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word, — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. — read the full passage →

How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become tributary! — read the full passage →

“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. — read the full passage →

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

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 →

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: — read the full passage →

But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

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

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

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 →

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy; — read the full passage →

you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. — 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 →

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

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. — read the full passage →

Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much. — 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 →

Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake. — read the full passage →

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor. — read the full passage →

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

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

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? — 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.

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

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, — read the full passage →

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 →

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross. — read the full passage →

This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

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 →

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

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

Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them: — read the full passage →

There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don’t withhold.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.