Self Pity

in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

We love, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

I now rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly sort, that ye might suffer loss by us in nothing. — read the full passage →

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

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

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer. — read the full passage →

For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.

doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning, — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

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

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

For behold, this selfsame thing, that ye were made sorry after a godly sort, what earnest care it wrought in you, yea what clearing of yourselves, yea what indignation, yea what fear, yea what longing, yea what zeal, yea what avenging! In everything ye approved yourselves to be pure in the matter.

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

and they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

And oft-times it hath cast him both into the fire and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.