May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV)

God, we pray for your encouragement to help us live in harmony with you and with others, all for your glory, Amen

the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. (ESV)

Jesus, we would be lost without you, thank you for seeking us and saving us, Amen

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. (ESV)

God, we cannot know all that you all that you have done but we know that our eternity will be beautiful when we are with you. Amen

If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (ESV)

God, we thank you for giving us your Son Jesus who will always be with us and for providing everything we need. Amen

Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. (ESV)

Lord, we will not condemn or seek revenge because we remember the blessings that you have given us. Amen

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. (ESV)

Jesus, your Holy Spirit works in us and through us to tell the good news of your salvation and to set the captives free! Amen