Romans 5:1-5New Living Translation (NLT) Faith Brings Joy 5 Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of...

Psalm 33:10-15New Living Translation (NLT) 10 The Lord frustrates the plans of the nations     and thwarts all their schemes. 11 But the Lord’s plans stand firm forever;     his intentions can never be shaken. 12 What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,...

Psalm 33:10-15New Living Translation (NLT) 10 The Lord frustrates the plans of the nations     and thwarts all their schemes. 11 But the Lord’s plans stand firm forever;     his intentions can never be shaken. 12 What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,...

Matthew 8:18-22New Living Translation (NLT) The Cost of Following Jesus 18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you...

Matthew 8:23-27New Living Translation (NLT) Jesus Calms the Storm 23 Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples.24 Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples...

Matthew 8:28-34New Living Translation (NLT) Jesus Heals Two Demon-Possessed Men 28 When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They came out of the tombs and were so violent that no...

Matthew 9:1-8New Living Translation (NLT) Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man 9 Jesus climbed into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.2 Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged,...