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Essential Verses

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Isaiah 40:28
Prophet Isaiah delivering God’s message of comfort to the Israelites
 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

John 3:16
Jesus speaking to Nicodemus 
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:8
Apostle Paul’s letter to the church in Rome
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Matthew 22:37
Jesus declaring the greatest commandment
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Jeremiah 29:11
Prophet Jeremiah’s letter to Babylon exiles
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Psalm 139:23-24 
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

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