Quitting

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

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

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,

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 has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

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

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

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 →

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

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

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.”

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.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

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,

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 →

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.”

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

Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

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.

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 →

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

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.”

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

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

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

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.

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.

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.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing well.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted. — read the full passage →

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

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

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

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

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

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

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.

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

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

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. — read the full passage →

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.”

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.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

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

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.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

“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.

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

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.”

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

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.

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 →

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

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

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

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

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

the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong! — read the full passage →

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

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 →

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

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

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

In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.