Word of encouragement

Luke 8:15 (Contemporary English Version)"But the seeds that fell on good ground are the people who listen to God's message with a good and honest heart. They obey the message and patiently produce a good crop."

Exodus 3:14–15 (Contemporary English Version)"God said to Moses, 'I am the eternal God. So tell them that the Lord, whose name is "I Am," has sent you.' The Lord God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—told Moses to say to the people: 'I am the God who will always be remembered as the one who has sent you.'"

Matthew 6:25–27 (Contemporary English Version)"I tell you not to worry about your life! Don't worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn't life more than food or clothing? Look at the birds in the sky! They don't plant or harvest. They don't even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren't you worth much more than birds? Can worry make you live longer?"

2 Timothy 1:7–8 (Contemporary English Version)"God's Spirit doesn't make cowards out of us. The Spirit gives us power, love, and self-control. Don't be ashamed to speak for our Lord or to stand by me because I am His prisoner. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the good news."

2 Corinthians 1:21–22 (Contemporary English Version)"And so God makes it possible for you and us to stand firmly together with Christ. God is also the one who chose us and put his Spirit in our hearts to show that we belong only to him. The Spirit also makes us sure that he will give us everything he has promised."

Micah 7:18–19 (Contemporary English Version)"There is no other God like you. You forgive the sin and guilt of your people. Your greatest pleasure is to be merciful, and you will trample on our sins and throw them into the sea."

Psalm 27:4–5 (Contemporary English Version)"I have only one wish, to live in the house of the Lord all my life, to marvel there at his goodness, and to ask for his guidance. In times of trouble, he will protect me. He will shelter me and keep me safe in his temple. He will put me on a high rock."

Colossians 3:23–24 (Contemporary English Version)"Do your work willingly, as though you were serving the Lord himself, and not just your earthly master. In fact, the Lord Christ is the one you are really serving, and you know he will reward you."

1 John 2:14 (Contemporary English Version)"Young people, I am writing to you because you are strong. God's message is firm in your hearts, and you have won the victory over the evil one."

Habakkuk 2:14 (Contemporary English Version)"The time will come when the earth is filled with the glory of the Lord, just as the sea is filled with water."

Mark 8:35–37 (Contemporary English Version)"If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me and for the good news, you will save it. What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What could you give to get back your soul?"

Galatians 2:15–16 (Contemporary English Version)"We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners. Yet we know that God accepts only those who have faith in Jesus Christ. No one can please God by obeying the Law. So we put our faith in Christ Jesus, because we know that God accepts only those who have faith in Christ and not those who obey the Law. No one can please God by obeying the Law."