With so many people and companies competing for your attention, it can be hard to find the time and energy to pay attention to what matters most: your faith.These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. (New Living Translation)
Give your burdens to the Lord,
and he will take care of you.
He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.
People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life,
but those who ignore correction will go astray.
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. (New Living Translation)
We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. (New Living Translation)
I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.
To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity. (New Living Translation)
I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.
