Optimism

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect <FI>it<Fi> .

so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

Desist, and know that I <FI>am<Fi> God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

and the helmet of the salvation receive, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the saying of God,

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing, — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah for a strong place in a day of distress. And He knoweth those trusting in Him.

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens. — read the full passage →

To everything--a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens: — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, `Lo, the tabernacle of God <FI>is<Fi> with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them--their God, — read the full passage →

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon; — read the full passage →

And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing--in all good things.

and we sent with them our brother, whom we proved in many things many times being diligent, and now much more diligent, by the great confidence that is toward you,

<FI> him,<Fi> whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders, — read the full passage →

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance--My God!

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment; — read the full passage →

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

And He who is sitting upon the throne said, `Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, `Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more; — read the full passage →

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

<FI> Aleph.<Fi> O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all; — read the full passage →

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

`And then they shall see the Son of Man, coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury--rich men, — read the full passage →

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping <FI>it<Fi> !'

`Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day; — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we did behold, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of the Life-- — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up. — read the full passage →

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia, — read the full passage →

for we see now through a mirror obscurely, and then face to face; now I know in part, and then I shall fully know, as also I was known;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works, — read the full passage →

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord--the Righteous Judge--shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

and those having believing masters, let them not slight <FI>them<Fi> , because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

And Jesus answered him, saying, `It hath been written, that, not on bread only shall man live, but on every saying of God.'

All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →

for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;

I go up above the heights of a thick cloud, I am like to the Most High.