Acts 10:4
Greek Text— Acts 10:4He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
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Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us.
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
‘Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise.
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.
Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says Yahweh; “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’ ”
Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and servant of my need,
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.
But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again; and I would heal them.’
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”
But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.”
He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. He shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.
Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.”
remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice.
Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.
You shall put the two stones on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel. Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two shoulders for a memorial.
He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. It is a sin offering.
You shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God. I am Yahweh your God.”
Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Tent of Meeting for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh.
Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘You have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, and I have heard you.
then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
Then Yahweh’s Spirit came on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, in the middle of the assembly;
Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.
When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.
Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.
Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
He said to me, “Daniel, you greatly beloved man, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for I have been sent to you, now.” When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
The crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in Yahweh’s temple.
Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”
Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God.
I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.
contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.