Endurance and Hope

Galatians 6:9English Standard Version (ESV)

9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Lamentations 3:22-24English Standard Version (ESV)

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[a]
    his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    “therefore I will hope in him.”

Children Know God's Word

Galatians 4:6English Standard Version (ESV)

6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

James 4:10English Standard Version (ESV)

10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Joshua 1:8English Standard Version (ESV)

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

Hope and Faith Change Us

Galatians 3:9English Standard Version (ESV)

9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

 

Romans 8:25English Standard Version (ESV)

25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Honorable Behavior and Choices

2 Corinthians 8:21English Standard Version (ESV)

21 for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man.

1 Timothy 1:5English Standard Version (ESV)

5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

James 4:8English Standard Version (ESV)

8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Live by Faith

2 Corinthians 5:15English Standard Version (ESV)

15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

Galatians 2:20English Standard Version (ESV)

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,who loved me and gave himself for me.

As God's Servants

2 Corinthians 6:4English Standard Version (ESV)

4 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,

James 1:2-4English Standard Version (ESV)

2 Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Aroma of Christ

2 Corinthians 2:15English Standard Version (ESV)

15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,

22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

Mark 1:7-8English Standard Version (ESV)

7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”