The LORD says,

“I was ready to respond, 

but no one asked for help.

I was ready to be found, 

but no one was looking for me.

I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’

to a nation that did not call on my name.

Isaiah 65:1

If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.

But God did listen!

He paid attention to my prayer.

Psalm 66:18-19

He will once again fill your mouth with laughter

and your lips with shouts of joy.

Job 8:21

Who else has held the oceans in his hand?

Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?

Who else knows the weight the earth

or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale?

Isaiah 40:12

But you, O LORD, are a shield around me;

you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

I cried out to the LORD,

and he answered me from his holy mountain.

I lay down and slept,

yet I woke up in safety,

for the LORD was watching over me. 

Psalm 3:3-5

Now all glory to God,

who is able,

through his mighty power at work within us,

to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

Ephesians 3:20

…Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him.

Your roots will grow down into God’s love 

and keep you strong.

And may you have the power to understand,

as all God’s people should,

how wide,

how long,

how high,

and how deep his love is.

Ephesians 3:17-18

…I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,

the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. 

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources

he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.

Ephesians 3:14-16

Because of Christ and our faith in him,

we can now come boldly and confidently

into God’s presence.

Ephesians 3:12

…You lived in this world without God and without hope.

But now you have been united with Christ Jesus.

Once you were far away from God,

but now you have been brought near to him 

through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:12-13