

But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night. We are not of night nor of darkness so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

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BIBLE VERSES WITH THE WORD BUILD FULL
For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. Proverbs 15: 1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but hard words stir up anger. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 'They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. Here are a few of the most inspirational assurances in the Bible: 'For I know the plans I have for you,' says the Lord. They said, Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth. Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. Reflecting on God's promises is one way believers can strengthen themselves in the Lord.
