(1) God’s wisdom: O the depth of the riches
and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how
inscrutable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor? Or who has
given a gift to him, to receive a gift in return? For from him and through him
and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever. Amen. (Rom 11:33-36)
(2) Strength in the gospel: Now to God who is able to strengthen you according to my
gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the
mystery that was kept secret for long ages but is now disclosed, and through
the prophetic writings is made known to all the Gentiles, according to the
command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith-to the only
wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen. (Rom 16:25-27)
(3) Redemption by Christ: Now to the Lord Jesus
Christ, who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age,
according to the will of our God and Father, to him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (Gal 1:3-5)
(4) Answers to prayer: Now to him who by the
power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we
can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all
generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Eph 3:20-21)
(5) Meet our needs: Now to God who will fully
satisfy every need of ours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To
our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. (Phil 4:19-20)
(6) To God: To the King of the ages,
immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
(1 Tim 1:17)
(7) Perseverance and deliverance:
Now to
the Lord who will rescue us from every evil attack and save us for his heavenly
kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (2 Tim 4:18)
(8) Service: To him who loves us and
freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests
serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever.
Amen. (Rev 1:5-6)
CLOSING BLESSINGS
(1) Perseverance: May the Lord direct your
hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. (2 Thess 3:5)
(2) Peace: Now may the Lord of peace
himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with all of you.
(2 Thess 3:16)
(3) Strength and peace: May the LORD give
strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace! (Ps 29:11)
(4) Grace and peace: May grace and peace be
yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. (2 Pet 1:2)
(5) Grace and peace: 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. (Num 6:24-26)
(6) Grace, love, fellowship: May the grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you all. (2 Cor 3:14)
(7) Joy, peace and hope: May the God of hope fill
you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the
power of the Holy Spirit. (Rom 15:13)
(8) Understanding: May the LORD grant you
discretion and understanding, so that when he gives you charge over Israel you
may keep the law of the LORD your God. (1 Chron 22:12)
(9) Encouragement: Now may you Lord Jesus
Christ and you O God our Father, who have loved us and given us eternal
encouragement and good hope, through your grace, encourage our hearts and
establish them in every good deed and word. Amen. (2 Thess 2:16)
(10)
Encouragement and unity: May the God who gives endurance and encouragement
give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that
with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ. (Rom 15:5)
(11) Godliness: May the God of peace
himself sanctify you entirely; and may
your spirit and soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do this. (1 Thess 5:23)
(12) Perseverance: Now may you O God, who
are able to keep us from falling, present us before the presence of your glory
blameless and with great joy. And to you, the only God, our Saviour, through
Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all
time and now and for ever. Amen. (Jude 24-25)
(13) Godliness: Now may our God and
Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. And may the Lord make
you increase and abound in love for one another and for all. And may he so strengthen your hearts in holiness
that you may be blameless before our God
and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. (1 Thess
3:11-13)
(14) God to work through us: Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the
dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the
eternal covenant, make you complete in everything good so that you may do his
will, working among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus
Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (Heb 13:20-21)
(15) Understanding: Now may the God of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and
revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart
enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are
the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the
immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the
working of his great power. (Eph 1:17-19)
(16) Peace: The peace of God, which
passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love
of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you, and remain with you
always. Amen.
(17) Discernment: May our love abound more and
more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to
discern what is best and be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of
righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of
God. (Phil 1:9-11)