I call to God, the Most High, to God, who supplies my every need.

You will give us prosperity, LORD; everything that we achieve is the result of what you do.

I will give them a single purpose in life: to honor me for all time, for their own good and the good of their descendants.

I will make an eternal covenant with them. I will never stop doing good things for them, and I will make them fear me with all their heart, so that they will never turn away from me.

He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.

We were God's enemies, but he made us his friends through the death of his Son. Now that we are God's friends, how much more will we be saved by Christ's life!

We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.

And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

He who calls you will do it, because he is faithful.

The LORD is good; his love is eternal and his faithfulness lasts forever.

But for those who honor the LORD, his love lasts forever, and his goodness endures for all generations

I have relied on you all my life; you have protected me since the day I was born. I will always praise you.

All day long I praise you and proclaim your glory.

Is it right for you to be so cruel? To despise what you yourself have made? And then to smile on the schemes of wicked people?

Your hands formed and shaped me, and now those same hands destroy me.

Then you will call, and I will answer, and you will be pleased with me, your creature.

"I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. These are my promises, and I will keep them without fail.

They are the people I made for myself, and they will sing my praises!"

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,

They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time.

So then, those who suffer because it is God's will for them, should by their good actions trust themselves completely to their Creator, who always keeps his promise.

From Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James--- To those who have been called by God, who live in the love of God the Father and the protection of Jesus Christ: