Chapter 2 - Section 1

[1 Thessalonians 1:4-6]
For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, / because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. / You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.

[2 Thessalonians 2:13-14]
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. / He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[Psalm 119:15-16]
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. / I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.

Chapter 2 - Section 2

[1 John 4:13]
We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

[1 Thessalonians 5:16-22]
Be joyful always; / pray continually; / give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. / Do not put out the Spirit's fire; / do not treat prophecies with contempt. / Test everything. Hold on to the good. / Avoid every kind of evil.

[Psalm 119:97]
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

Chapter 2 - Section 3

[Luke 1:35]
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.

[Luke 3:22]
and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

[Psalms 145:5]
They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—
and I will meditate on your wonderful works.

Chapter 2 - Section 4

[Mark 1:12-13]
At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, / and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.

[Acts 2:33]
Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

[Psalms 19:14]
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Chapter 2 - Section 5

[Psalms 23]
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. / He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, / he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake. / Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. / You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. / Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

[Luke 11:9-13]
“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. / “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? / Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? / If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

[Psalms 119:148]
My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promises.

Chapter 2 - Section 6

[1 Corinthians 13]
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. / If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. / If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. / Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. / It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. / Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. / It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. / Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. / For we know in part and we prophesy in part, / but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. / When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. / For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. / And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

[Mark 13:11]
Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

[Psalms 1:2]
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.

Chapter 2 - Section 7

[Mark 3:28~30]
Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, / but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.” / He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”

[Joshua 1:8]
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Chapter 2 - Section 8

[Hosea 4:6]
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God,
I also will ignore your children.

[1 Peter 2:9-10]
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

[Acts 2:16-20]
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: / “ ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. / Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. / I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. / The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

[Psalms 49:3]
My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.

Chapter 2 - Section 9

[Matthew 10:20]
for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

[Psalms 63:6-7]
On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. / Because you are my help,I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Chapter 2 - Section 10

[John 16:13~14]
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. / He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.

[Psalms 77:12]
I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”

Chapter 2 - Section 11

[John 14:16~26]
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— / the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. / I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. / Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. / On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. / Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” / Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” / Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. / Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. / “All this I have spoken while still with you. / But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

[Psalms 104:34]
May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord.

Chapter 2 - Section 12

[Luke 12:10~12]
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. / “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, / for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”

[Psalms 143:5~6]
I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. / I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.

Chapter 2 - Section 13

[John 16:7]
But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

[Psalms 145:5]
They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty — and I will meditate on your wonderful works.

Chapter 2 - Section 14

[John 3:5]
Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.

[Psalm 119:48]
I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.

Chapter 2 - Section 15

[Acts 4:31]
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

[Psalms 119:99~100]
I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes. / I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

Chapter 2 - Section 16

[Acts 1:8]
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

[Proverbs 4:20~22]
My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. / Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; / for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.

Chapter 2 - Section 17

[Psalms 121]
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? / My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. / He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; / indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. / The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
/ the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. / The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; / the Lord will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.

[John 15:26]
“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.

[Psalms 48:9]
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Chapter 2 - Section 18

[John 16:13]
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

[Psalms 64:9]
All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God
and ponder what he has done.

Chapter 2 - Section 19

[John 3:6~8]
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. / You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ / The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

[Psalms 92:5~6]
How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts! / Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand,

Chapter 2 - Section 20

[John 14:26]
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

[Psalms 119:8]
I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.

Chapter 2 - Section 21

[Romans 8:26~27]
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. / And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

[Psalms 139:17~18]
How precious to me are your thoughts, How vast is the sum of them! / Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand — when I awake, I am still with you.

Chapter 2 - Section 22

[Romans 8:16~17]
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. / Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

[Psalms 143:8]
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.

Chapter 2 - Section 23

[Romans 5:5]
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

[Proverbs 12:5]
The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Chapter 2 - Section 24

[Romans 14:17~18]
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, / because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.

[Proverbs 24:9~10]
The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker. / If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!

Chapter 2 - Section 25

[Romans 15:13]
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

[Proverbs 24:32]
I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

Chapter 2 - Section 26

[1 Corinthians 12:3]
Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

[Jeremiah 29:11]
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.

Chapter 2 - Section 27

[1 Corinthians 2:10]
these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

[Psalms 143:1]
Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.

Chapter 2 - Section 28

[1 Corinthians 6:11]
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

[Psalms 143:1]
The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.

Chapter 2 - Section 29

[Job 8:7]
Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

[1 Corinthians 2:13]
This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.

[1 Kings 8:28]
Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, Lord my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day.

Chapter 2 - Section 30

[1 Corinthians 3:16~17]
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

[2 Chronicles 6:20]
May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.

Chapter 2 - Section 31

[1 Corinthians 2:14~15]
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. / The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments,

[2 Chronicles 6:29~30]
and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple— / then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),

Chapter 2 - Section 32

[1 Corinthians 3:17]
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

[2 Chronicles 6:35]
then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

Chapter 2 - Section 33

[1 Corinthians 3:23]
and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

[Psalms 91:15]
He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

Chapter 2 - Section 34

[1 Corinthians 4:20]
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

[Psalms 116:1]
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

Chapter 2 - Section 35

[1 Corinthians 6:19~20]
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

[Psalms 119:170]
May my supplication come before you; deliver me according to your promise.

Chapter 2 - Section 36

[2 Corinthians 1:21~22]
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, / set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

[Psalms 130:2]
Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

Chapter 2 - Section 37

[Galatians 5:5]
For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope.

[Psalms 144:3]
Lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?

Chapter 2 - Section 38

[Galatians 6:8]
Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

[Psalms 138:2~3]
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame. / When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.

Chapter 2 - Section 39

[Galatians 3:13~14]
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole. / He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

[Psalms 142:1]
I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.

Chapter 2 - Section 40

[Ephesians 5:18]
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,

[Daniel 9:17]
Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary.

Chapter 2 - Section 41

[Philippians 4:13]
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

[Acts 2:1~4]
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. / Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. / They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. / All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

[2 Chronicles 6:19]
Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.

Chapter 2 - Section 42

[Ephesians 1:13]
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,

[Daniel 9:19]
Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.

Chapter 2 - Section 43

[Ephesians 6:17~18]
Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. / And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

[Daniel 9:19]
Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.

Chapter 2 - Section 44

[Acts 1:4~5]
On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. / For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

[Deuteronomy 32:28]
They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them.

Chapter 2 - Section 45

[Ephesians 4:30]
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

[Deuteronomy 32:29]
If only they were wise and would understand this and discern what their end will be!

Chapter 2 - Section 46

[Romans 8:2]
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.

[Deuteronomy 32:30]
How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up?

Chapter 2 - Section 47

[Galatians 5:16~18]
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. / For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. / But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

[Nehemiah 5:19]
Remember me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.

Chapter 2 - Section 48

[Matthew 12:31~32]
And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. / Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

[Job 7:7]
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.

Chapter 2 - Section 49

[Luke 4:18~19]
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

[Psalms 40:5]
Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.

Chapter 2 - Section 50

[John 6:63]
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.

[Psalms 40:17]
But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.

Chapter 2 - Section 51

[John 14:17]
the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

[Psalms 48:9]
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Chapter 2 - Section 52

[John 3:3]
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

[Psalms 50:21]
When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you.

Chapter 2 - Section 53

[Isaiah 40:31]
but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

[John 1:31~34]
I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.” / Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. / And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ / I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”

[Psalms 50:22]
“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Chapter 2 - Section 54

[John 7:38~39]
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” / By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

[Psalms 64:9]
All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

Chapter 2 - Section 55

[Acts 10:38]
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

[Psalms 73:16~17]
When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply / till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

Chapter 2 - Section 56

[Acts 19:6]
When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

[Psalms 119:78]
May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.

Chapter 2 - Section 57

[Acts 2:38~39]
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. / The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

[Psalms 92:5]
How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!

Chapter 2 - Section 58

[1 Corinthians 12:13]
For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

[Psalms 94:11]
The Lord knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.

Chapter 2 - Section 59

[2 Corinthians 3:6]
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

[Psalms 94:19]
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.

Chapter 2 - Section 60

[Revelation 22:17]
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

[Psalms 119:57]
You are my portion, Lord; I have promised to obey your words.

Chapter 2 - Section 61

[Galatians 3:2]
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?

[Psalms 119:58]
I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.

Chapter 2 - Section 62

[Galatians 4:6]
Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

[Psalms 119:59]
I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.

Chapter 2 - Section 63

[Galatians 5:25~26]
Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. / Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

[Psalms 119:60]
I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.

Chapter 2 - Section 64

[Jude 1:20~21]
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, / keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

[Psalms 119:95]
The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.

Chapter 2 - Section 65

[Isaiah 58:11]
The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

[Hebrews 9:14]
How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!

[Psalms 139:17]
How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!

Chapter 2 - Section 66

[1 John 2:20]
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

[Psalms 139:23]
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Chapter 2 - Section 67

[1 John 2:27]
As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

[Psalms 139:24]
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Chapter 2 - Section 68

[1 John 4:1~6]
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. / This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, / but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
/ You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. / They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. / We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

[Psalms 142:7]
Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

Chapter 2 - Section 69

[1 Peter 3:18~19]
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. / After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits—

[Proverbs 12:5]
The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Chapter 2 - Section 70

[1 Peter 4:14]
If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

[Proverbs 15:28]
The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

Capítulo 2 - Sección 71

[Romanos 8:9~10]
Sin embargo, vosotros no vivís según la naturaleza pecaminosa, sino según el Espíritu, si es que el Espíritu de Dios vive en vosotros. Y, si alguno no tiene el Espíritu de Cristo, no es de Cristo. / Pero, si Cristo está en vosotros, el cuerpo está muerto a causa del pecado, pero el Espíritu que está en vosotros es vida a causa de la justicia.

[Proverbios 24:9]
Las intrigas del necio son pecado, y todos aborrecen a los insolentes.

Capítulo 2 - Sección 72

[1 Corintios 12:13]
Todos fuimos bautizados por un solo Espíritu para constituir un solo cuerpo —ya seamos judíos o gentiles, esclavos o libres—, y a todos se nos dio a beber de un mismo Espíritu.

[Proverbios 24:32]
Guardé en mi corazón lo observado, y de lo visto saqué una lección:

Capítulo 2 - Sección 73

[Hechos 11:15~17]
»Cuando comencé a hablarles, el Espíritu Santo descendió sobre ellos tal como al principio descendió sobre nosotros. / Entonces recordé lo que había dicho el Señor: “Juan bautizó con agua, pero vosotros seréis bautizados con el Espíritu Santo”. / Por tanto, si Dios les ha dado a ellos el mismo don que a nosotros al creer en el Señor Jesucristo, ¿quién soy yo para pretender estorbar a Dios?»

[Eclesiastés 7:12]
Puedes ponerte a la sombra de la sabiduría o a la sombra del dinero, pero la sabiduría tiene la ventaja de dar vida a quien la posee.

Chapter 2 - Section 74

[Galatians 5:22~23]
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

[Ecclesiastes 7:14]
When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

Chapter 2 - Section 75

[Hebrews 10:28~29]
Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. / How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

[Ecclesiastes 11:7~8]
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun. / However many years anyone may live, let them enjoy them all. But let them remember the days of darkness, for there will be many. Everything to come is meaningless.

Chapter 2 - Section 76

[Ephesians 3:4~6]
In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, / which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. / This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.

[Ecclesiastes 12:13~14]
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. / For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

Chapter 2 - Section 77

[1 Timothy 4:4~5]
For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, / because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

[Titus 3:4~7]
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, / he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, / whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, / so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

[Daniel 9:17]
“Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary.

Chapter 2 - Section 78

[James 4:5~6]
Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us? / But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

[Psalms 48:9]
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Chapter 2 - Section 79

[Philippians 1:18~21]
But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, / for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. / I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. / For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

[Proverbs 28:9]
If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

Chapter 2 - Section 80

[1 Corinthians 12:4~11]
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. / There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. / There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. / Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. / To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, / to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, / to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. / All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

[Deuteronomy 32:28]
They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them.

Chapter 2 - Section 81

[Matthew 12:28]
But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

[2 Chronicles 6:19]
Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.

Chapter 2 - Section 82

[Ephesians 2:17~18]
He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. / For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

[Nehemiah 5:19]
Remember me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.

Chapter 2 - Section 83

[Revelation 2:7]
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

[Psalms 116:1]
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

Chapter 2 - Section 84

[2 Peter 1:21]
For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

[Psalms 130:2]
Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

Chapter 2 - Section 85

[Ephesians 2:17~19]
He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. / For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. / Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,

[Psalms 64:9]
All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

Chapter 2 - Section 86

[John 7:37~39]
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. / Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” / By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

[Psalms 144:3]
Lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?

Chapter 2 - Section 87

[2 Corinthians 3:17]
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

[Psalms 9:1]
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

Chapter 2 - Section 88

[Matthew 28:19~20]
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, / and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

[Psalms 40:17]
But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.

Chapter 2 - Section 89

[Ephesians 4:24]
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

[Ephesians 4:30]
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

[Psalms 143:5~6]
I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. / I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.

Chapter 2 - Section 90

[Romans 1:2~4]
the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures / regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life was a descendant of David, / and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

[Psalms 49:3]
My mouth will speak words of wisdom; the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.

Chapter 2 - Section 91

[Matthew 3:16~17]
As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. / And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

[Psalms 104:34]
May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord.

Chapter 2 - Section 92

[Romans 8:11]
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

[Psalms 119:99~100]
I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes. / I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

Chapter 2 - Section 93

[1 Corinthians 2:11]
For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

[Psalms 64:9]
All people will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

Chapter 2 - Section 94

[Romans 8:13~14]
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. / For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.

[Psalms 5:11]
But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.

Chapter 2 - Section 95

[Romans 15:18]
I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—

[Proverbs 24:32]
I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

Chapter 2 - Section 96

[Matthew 3:11]
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

[Psalms 145:18]
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Chapter 2 - Section 97

[Acts 10:44~48]
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.

[2 Chronicles 6:35]
then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

Chapter 2 - Section 98

[Acts 15:8~9]
God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us. / He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.

[Psalms 119:27]
Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.

Chapter 2 - Section 99

[John 7:37~39]
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. / Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” / By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

[Psalms 19:14]
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Chapter 2 - Section 100

[Matthew 28:19~20]
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, / and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

[Joshua 1:8]
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed by your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
(For yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.)