But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. – Isaiah 53:5 (NRSV) Advertisements

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. – 1 Timothy 6:17 (NAS)

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself. – Luke 10:27 (NIV)

. . . God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place. – 2 Chronicles 30:27 (NIV)

The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive…

As for me, I look to the LORD for his help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me. – Micah 7:7 (NLT)

Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes? — Luke 12:22-23 (NIV)