making time for god

³³Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.

¹⁷Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

¹⁵Yet word of him traveled around all the more. And great crowds came together, so that they might listen and be cured by him from their infirmities. ¹⁶And he withdrew into the desert and prayed.

¹All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval. ²A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted. ³A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up. ⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. ⁵A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. ⁶A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

⁵Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming this age.

¹²Sow for yourselves in justice, and harvest in the mouth of mercy; renew your fallow land. But the time when you will seek the Lord is the time when he will arrive who will teach you justice.

¹⁷Pray without ceasing.

¹⁵Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.

¹¹Be empty, and see that I am God. I will be exalted among the peoples, and I will be exalted upon the earth.

⁶Yet, truly, my soul will be subject to God. For from him is my patience.

¹And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying: ²“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son. ³And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come. ⁴Again, he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.’ ⁵But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business. ⁶Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them.

¹⁵And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish, ¹⁶but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time. ¹⁷For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.

¹¹Seek the Lord and his virtue. Seek his face always.

²As the deer longs for fountains of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,