commitment to god

³Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.

⁵Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence. ⁶In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps. ⁷Do not seem wise to yourself. Fear God, and withdraw from evil. ⁸Certainly, it shall be health to your navel, and refreshment to your bones.

³⁷Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

⁶But without faith, it is impossible to please God. For whoever approaches God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him.

⁸Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners! And purify your hearts, you duplicitous souls!

⁴May all those who act unjustly over nothing be confounded. O Lord, demonstrate your ways to me, and teach me your paths.

²⁴For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but instead he must be meek toward everyone, teachable, patient, ²⁵correcting with self-restraint those who resist the truth. For at any time God may give them repentance, so as to recognize the truth, ²⁶and then they may recover from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.

⁵Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.

³You ask and you do not receive, because you ask badly, so that you may use it toward your own desires.

¹⁰Teach me to do your will. For you are my God. Your good Spirit will lead me into the righteous land.

²¹For although they had known God, they did not glorify God, nor give thanks. Instead, they became weakened in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was obscured.