Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’—Luke 19:20-21 (NIV)
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?—Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
“Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail.”—Luke 22:31-32 (NKJV)
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.—Romans 15:13 (ESV)
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.—Acts 16:25 (NIV)
Be holy because I am holy.—Leviticus 11:44 (GW)
How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.—Job 36:26 (NIV)
We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.—Romans 8:26 (NIV)
This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.—Psalm 18:30 (ESV)
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.—Psalm 27:14 (NIV)
Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!—Psalm 144:15 (NKJV)
… Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas which means “son of encouragement.”—Acts 4:36 (NIV)
