5 If any of you need to be wise, ask God to make you wise. He gives plenty of wisdom to all people. He is not angry because you ask him. He will make you wise.

14 And we are sure God will do this. If we ask him for anything that he wants us to have, he will listen to us.

9 Let us tell God about our wrong ways. God can be trusted. He does what is right. He will forgive us for the wrong things we have done. He will make us clean from all that was wrong.

16 All that is written in the holy writings comes from the Spirit of God. The holy writings are good for these things: to teach people, to show them when they are wrong, to make them see what is right, to teach them to do what is right.

17 In this way a person who belongs to God has all he needs. He is ready for every kind of good work.

7 After they came to the district of Mysia, they wanted to go to the country of Bithynia but the Holy Spirit did not allow them.

1 In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers. They were Barnabas, Simeon Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen who grew up with Herod the ruler, and Saul.2 They were worshipping the Lord and fasting not eating food for a time . The Holy Spirit said, Give me Barnabas and Saul to do the work for which I have called them.3 The men fasted and talked to God. Then they laid their hands on Barnabas and Paul and sent them on their way.

31 So, whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do everything to bring praise to God.

1 We have all these people all around us, proving to us that we should believe God. So then, like people running a race, we must take off everything that is heavy. We must put off all wrong, wrong things that get in our way. We must not stop running until we reach the mark that has been put in front of us.