There’s no shortcut
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison. (2 Corinthians 4:17 ESV)
Available to Him and for Him
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. (1 Corinthians 3:9 NKJV)
He will not fail His Word
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises. (2 Peter 1:4 KJV)
To develop a Christlike character
Put off the old self with its practices and … put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. (Colossians 3:9–10 ESV)
He will help me
Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7 NLT)
Attributes which reflect Christ
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.. (1 Corinthians 11:1 ESV)
I can find rest and strength
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. (Psalm 32:7 NIV)
Resting in You, Lord
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. (Deuteronomy 33:27 KJV)
It is always here
Is not God in the heights of heaven? And see how lofty are the highest stars! (Job 22:12 NIV)
Love is patient
May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ. (2 Thessalonians 3:5 NLT)
My appointments with God
My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up. (Psalm 5:3 NKJV)
To grow in Christlikeness
We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. (2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV)
God’s great master plan
The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. … All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. (1 Corinthians 12:12,27 NLT)
The seasons in our lives
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV)
The best preparation
Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace—because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock. (Isaiah 26:3–4)
Sitting at His feet
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart. (Jeremiah 15:16 KJV)
Our job is to trust
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. (1 John 5:14 KJV)
Prayer is essential
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (Matthew 6:28–29 NKJV)
To be a pioneer in spirit
Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. (Hebrews 12:2 NIV)