Isaiah 49:13
Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
Isaiah 49:13
Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
As the prophet Micah has written: "But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel."
Luke 1:30-31
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
john 3:16
Luke 1:32-33
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
Colossians 3:9-10
Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now
Lamentations 3:22-23
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 1:18
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference
Idk how I missed this thread I could have used it this morning instead of wasting my time on the nonsense that was up
so much wisdom in the Bible, but many can’t see past the religiosity and its instrumentalisation
A book that’s guided people for millennia isn’t going to be devoid of wisdom. criticise the delivery mechanism all you want, but it’s an artifact in itself