He will protect his faithful ones,

but the wicked will disappear in darkness.

No one will succeed by strength alone.

Those who fight against the LORD will be shattered…

1 Samuel 2:9-10

At the sound of Mary’s greeting,

Elizabeth’s child leaped within her,

and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:41

…all the earth is the LORD’s,

and he has set the world in order.

1 Samuel 2:8

…celebrate with joy before the LORD your God…

Leviticus 23:40

You are blessed because you believed

that the Lord would do what he said.

Luke 1:45

All around him was a glowing halo,

like a rainbow shining in the clouds on a rainy day.

This is what the glory of the LORD looked like to me.

When I saw it,  I fell face down on the ground,

and I heard someone’s voice speaking to me.

“Stand up, son of man,” said the voice.

“I want to speak with you.”

Ezekiel 1:28, 2:1

“Don’t be afraid, Mary,”

the angel told her,

“for you have found favor with God!

You will conceive and give birth to a son,

and you will name him Jesus.

Luke 1:30-31

Remember the things I have done in the past.

For I alone am God!

I am God, and there is none like me.

Only I can tell you the future

before it even happens.

Everything I plan will come to pass…

Isaiah 46:9-10

I will be your God throughout your lifetime—

until your hair is white with age.

I made you, and I will care for you.

I will carry you along and save you.

Isaiah 46:4

Teach those who are rich in this world

not to be proud and not to trust in their money,

which is so unreliable…

Tell them to use their money to do good…

…rich in good works and generous…

…storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future

so that they may experience true life.

1 Timothy 6:17-19