Devotions for Faith and Prayer

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.—Romans 15:13 (ESV)

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.—Acts 16:25 (NIV)

Be holy because I am holy.—Leviticus 11:44 (GW)

How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.—Job 36:26 (NIV)

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.—Psalm 18:30 (ESV)

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.—Psalm 27:14 (NIV)

Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!—Psalm 144:15 (NKJV)

… Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas which means “son of encouragement.”—Acts 4:36 (NIV)

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.—John 10:10 (NIV)

The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.”—Proverbs 13:4 (NRSV)