Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born […]

Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing.

“And do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.”

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Preserve me, O God, for you in You I put my trust.

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ.

Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

A person who prays alone honestly, conversing with God before His presence, enjoys the taste of Eden’s Garden in each step he takes in the fields or in the city. When he returns from prayer, all the world is new to his eyes, and the world feels completely new.

Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.

I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works.