Leisure

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

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 →

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,

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

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

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;

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

“‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.

On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.

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

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

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

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed. — read the full passage →

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

He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done.

I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up. — read the full passage →

When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

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.”

I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.

Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?”

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.” — read the full passage →

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

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

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.