Yes to God

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.

for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,

I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior.

“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,