Although God speaks again and again, no one pays attention to what he says.

He makes them listen to what he says, and they are frightened at his warnings.

There are different abilities to perform service, but the same God gives ability to all for their particular service.

God is the one who has prepared us for this change, and he gave us his Spirit as the guarantee of all that he has in store for us.

All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning.

because God is always at work in you to make you willing and able to obey his own purpose.

To get this done I toil and struggle, using the mighty strength which Christ supplies and which is at work in me.

(SEE 13:20)

Although God speaks again and again, no one pays attention to what he says.

I have already said more than I should.

So the king of Israel warned the people who lived in that place, and they were on guard. This happened several times.

Three times I prayed to the Lord about this and asked him to take it away.