Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.
He who has the bride is the groom. But the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.
At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said, ‘Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things.
Then Jacob said, ‘God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, “Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,”
Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: Lord God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you are God #– #you alone #– #of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.