New Beginnings

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

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.

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit; — read the full passage →

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. — 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.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.

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

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — 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.

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. — read the full passage →

I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

They shall come there, and they shall take away all the detestable things of it and all its abominations from there. — read the full passage →

Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, — read the full passage →

Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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

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

Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail.

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 →

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 →

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 →

He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

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

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.” — read the full passage →

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

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? — 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.

Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you. — read the full passage →

God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

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

You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →

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

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.”

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 →

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. — read the full passage →

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. — read the full passage →

A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

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

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.

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies; ‘and in this place will I give peace,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”

Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Yahweh, the first, and with the last, I am he.”

The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

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,

For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

By faith, we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has not been made out of things which are visible.

Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh also has put away your sin. You will not die.

The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house. — read the full passage →

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.

You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. — read the full passage →

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

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

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

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

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another. — read the full passage →

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory is risen on you. — read the full passage →

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. — read the full passage →

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath; if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do,

My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

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.