Hebrews 12

Today, I look to Jesus, the founder and perfector of my faith. I keep my thoughts on him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself so that I do not grow weary or faint-hearted.

I thank you, Lord, that you discipline the ones you love. You have disciplined me for my good that I may share your holiness. Therefore, I lift up drooping hands, and strengthen weakened knees, and head in straight paths.

I see to it that I, and anyone who asks, do obtain the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to defile and cause trouble. I hold on to and value highly the birthright God, my father, has decreed, and Jesus, my Lord, has provided.

I am, by God’s grace, one of the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven. I am grateful to receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and I give, you, my God, worship with reverence and awe.