"You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen."

"Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD's unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him."

1 You have searched me, Lord,
 and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
 you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
 you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
 you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
 and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
 too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
 Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
 if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
 if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
 your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
 and the light become night around me,"
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
 the night will shine like the day,
 for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;
 you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
 your works are wonderful,
 I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
 when I was made in the secret place,
 when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
 all the days ordained for me were written in your book
 before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
 How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
 they would outnumber the grains of sand-
 when I awake, I am still with you.

"We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God."

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity."

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"

"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."

"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"

"Then Jesus said to them, 'Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.'"

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"

"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

"When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, 'Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.'"

"For God has not given us a Spirit of fear, but of power, love and self-discipline."

"But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect."