“So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.”

- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NLT)

“But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.”

- Romans 5:8 (NLT)

“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”

- 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NLT)

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

- Act 1:8 (NLT)

"And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect."

- Romans 12:1-2 (NLT)

"Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all."

- 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (NLT)

"For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires."

- Hebrews 4:12 (NLT)