“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Now Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.