O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no cha
Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a n
I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and b
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with comp
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, dr
The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I w
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserve
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living an
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may retu
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that w