“I pray for them. I am not praying for the world,
but for those You have given me, for they are
Yours… My prayer is not for them alone. I pray
also for those who will believe in me through
their message… Father, I want those You have
given me to be with me where I am, and to see
my glory, the glory You have given me because
You loved me before the creation of the world.”—John 17:9, 20, 24 (NIV)
But let all who take refuge in you be
glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread
your protection over them, that those
who love your name may rejoice in you.—Psalm 5:11 (NIV)
Let us run with endurance the race that
is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the
author and finisher of our faith, who for
the joy that was set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set down
at the right hand of the throne of God.—Hebrews 12:1–2 (AKJV)
Jesus answered, “I am the way and
the truth and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me.”—John 14:6 NIV
Jesus also did many other things. If
they were all written down, I suppose
the whole world could not contain
the books that would be written.—John 21:25 (NLT)
And so we know and rely on the love God
has for us. God is love. Whoever lives
in love lives in God, and God in them.—1 John 4:16 (NIV)
“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.”—Isaiah 42:6–7 (NIV)
“Therefore, I tell you, do not worry
about your life, what you will eat or
drink, or about your body, what you
will wear. Is not life more than food
and the body more than clothes?”—Matthew 6:25 (NIV)
“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”—Matthew 15:34 (NIV)
And this is His commandment: We must believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us.—1 John 3:23 (NLT)
Praying in front of Nicodemus by Henry Ossawa Tanner at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
