I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." So Moses covered his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

Tell the Israelites that I, the LORD, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, have sent you to them. This is my name forever; this is what all future generations are to call me.

The LORD said, "Do this to prove to the Israelites that the LORD, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to you."

'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is the God of the living, not of the dead."

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, has given divine glory to his Servant Jesus. But you handed him over to the authorities, and you rejected him in Pilate's presence, even after Pilate had decided to set him free.

The LORD your God will give you and your descendants obedient hearts, so that you will love him with all your heart, and you will continue to live in that land.

Create a pure heart in me, O God, and put a new and loyal spirit in me.

I wait for you to save me, LORD, and I do what you command.

LORD, I know that none of us are in charge of our own destiny; none of us have control over our own life.

I will give them a single purpose in life: to honor me for all time, for their own good and the good of their descendants.

And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgment,

Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.

May our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus prepare the way for us to come to you!

(SEE 13:20)

And to Solomon he said, "My son, I charge you to acknowledge your father's God and to serve him with an undivided heart and a willing mind. He knows all our thoughts and desires. If you go to him, he will accept you; but if you turn away from him, he will abandon you forever.

When the LORD saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,

I hate those who are not completely loyal to you, but I love your law.

You will listen, O LORD, to the prayers of the lowly; you will give them courage.

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope,

encourage you and strengthen you to always do and say what is good.