Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.