“He restores my

soul; He leads me in
the paths of
righteousness for His
name’s sake”
(Psalm 23:3, NKJV)
 “Beloved, do not
think it strange
concerning the fiery
trial which is to try
you, as though some
strange thing
happened to you; but
rejoice to the
extent that you
partake of Christ’s
sufferings, that
when His glory is
revealed, you may
also be glad with
exceeding joy”
(1 Peter 4:12, 13, NKJV)
 “In this you greatly rejoice,
though now for a little while,
if need be, you have been
grieved by various trials”
(1 Peter 1:6, NKJV)
 “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a
mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed
into the same image from glory to glory, just as by
the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18, NKJV)
 “Yet it pleased the
Lord to bruise Him;
He has put Him to
grief. When You
make His soul an
offering for sin, He
shall see His seed,
He shall prolong His
days, and the
pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in His
hand”
(Isaiah 53:10, NKJV)
 “To this end I
strenuously
contend,
struggling with
all the energy
Christ so
powerfully works
in me”

(Colossians 1:29, NIV)

 “Now hope does
not disappoint,
because the love
of God has been
poured out in our
hearts by the
Holy Spirit who
was given to us”
(Romans 5:5, NKJV)
 “By faith he
forsook Egypt,
not fearing
the wrath of
the king; for
he endured as
seeing Him
who is
invisible”
(Hebrews 11:27, NKJV)
“Rejoice in the Lord
always. Again I say,
rejoice!”
(Philippians 4:4, NKJV)
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth”
(Matthew 5:5, NKJV)
“But the fruit
of the Spirit
is . . .
longsuffering”
(Galatians 5:22, NKJV)
 “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of
wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains
alone; . . . but if it dies, it produces much grain”
(John 12:24, NKJV)
“And about the ninth
hour Jesus cried out
with a loud voice,
saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani?’ that
is, ‘My God, My God,
why have You
forsaken Me?’ ”
(Matthew 27:46, NKJV)