The word of God is life
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
Standing strong
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
Discover your heroic spiritual ancestors
These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised…
Pray that God will be glorified
Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.
Prayer changes things
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Our sacrifices, not our achievements
…now God is building you, as living stones into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are God’s holy priests, who offer the spiritual sacrifices that please him because of Jesus Christ.
Mystery
He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ…
The discipline of fasting
But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen, and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Pray as a warrior
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured. I vouch for him that he is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.
Prison prayer miracle
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.