Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.

The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel --which means, "God with us."

For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees.

How can we understand the road we travel? It is the Lord who directs our steps.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.