Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
- Matthew 7:7-8 (see also verses 9 -12)
"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."
- Mark,11:22-24
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
-Stephen Covey
All consumed are their imperfections,
Doubts are dispelled, their senses mastered,
Their every action is wed to the welfare of their fellow creatures:
Such are the seers who enter Brahman* and know Nirvana*.
- Bhagavad Gita, chapter 5
*(Brahman may be translated as Spirit and Nirvana as the highest state of spiritual being)
[God says], do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:10 (New International Version)
For I am mindful of the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. You call upon me and come and pray to me, and I heed you. You seek Me and find Me: Now you seek Me with all your heart and I am at hand for you, says the Lord...
- Jeremiah 29:11-14a; Matthew 7:7
Who are you that you should be afraid
of a man who should die
and of a son of man
who shall be made of grass? ...
Do not be afraid of their faces;
for I am with you to deliver you.
- Isaiah 51:12; Jeremiah 1:8
...do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:10 (New International Version)
I will cause you to walk in the straight way...
I will open to you the gates of righteousness..
For whoever find Me, finds life
- Psalm 118:19; Proverbs. 8: 35-6
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