A heartfelt prayer from the Psalmist that can be used as a tool to transform your affections to love God's Word more, appreciate His goodness, mercies, severity, faithfulness, righteousness, and character of God, and in so doing stands in awe of the Word of God.
And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 2 Timothy 2:24
Jesus shares the parable with his disciples, the Pharisees and others. In the story, a father has two sons. Luke 15:11–32 (ESV)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future...