“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.  Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

1 John 4:7 New International Version

“You, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself?  You who preach against stealing, do you steal?  You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery?  You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?  You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?”

Romans 2:21-23 New International Version

“Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.”

Proverbs 24:14 New International Version

While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler.  “Your daughter is dead,” they said.  “Why bother the teacher any more?”  Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

Mark 5:35-36 New International Version

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.”

Psalm 32:8 New International Version

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”

1 John 5:14 New International Version

“Therefore we do not lose heart.  Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 New International Version

“Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Deuteronomy 31:6 New International Version

“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”

 Luke 6:36 New International Version

David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress.  Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

 2 Samuel 24:14 New International Version