“Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”

The Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning; he wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed. Isaiah 50:4

“Help us, O Lord, to learn the truths thy word imparts, to study that thy laws may be inscribed upon our hearts. Help us, O Lord, to live the faith which we proclaim, that all our thoughts and words and deeds may glorify thy name.”

“As long the deer for cooling streams, in parched and barren ways, so longs my soul, O God for Thee, and Thy refreshing grace. For Thee my God, the living God, my thirsty soul doth pine, O when shall I behold Thy face, Thou Majesty divine?”

“For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.  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.”

“Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.”

“I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. Ephesians 1:15-19

How precious is Your love, O, God! Your people take refuge under the shadow of Your wings. They feast upon the abundance of Your house. You give them drink from the river of Your delights. For with You is the well of life, and in Your light, we see light. Continue Your loving-kindness to those who know you, and Your favor to those who are true of heart. Psalm 36

God has given us all special gifts for edification. “Now to each one, the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and He distributes them to each one, just as He determines. 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.” 1 Corinthians 12