Never Give Up

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

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

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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.

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

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.

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.”

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

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

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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 →

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come out like gold.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me. — read the full passage →

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.

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?

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

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

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

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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.

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 →

“Cry aloud, don’t spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

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

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

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

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 →

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

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? — read the full passage →

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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

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

After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

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

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

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.”

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

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.

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”

Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

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.”

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

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

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 →

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.

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

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

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.”

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

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

Pray without ceasing.

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

But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

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.”

may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, — read the full passage →

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

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 →

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

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

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

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

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,

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.

He answered, “Don’t be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, — read the full passage →

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

“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? — read the full passage →

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips. — read the full passage →

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. — read the full passage →

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.