Well done, good and faithful servant. (Matthew 25:23) What doth it profit a man if he gains the who world and loses his own soul? What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life (Job 6:11)? What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house. (1 Kings 8:38) What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. (Isaiah 14:32) Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your heart. (Ecclesiastes 9:10) When all kinds of trials and temptations crowd into your lives, my brothers, don't resent them as intruders, but welcome them as friends. Realize that they come to test your faith and to produce in you the quality of endurance. But let the process go on until that endurance is fully developed, and you will find you have become men of mature character, men of integrity with no weak spots. (James 1:2-4) When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. (Psalms 109:7) When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. (Jonah 2:7) With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation (Psalms 91:16). |