“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,

because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.”

“The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree

that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have,

because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’”

“For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him,

but also to suffer for His sake.”

“For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.”

“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing,

but let us exhort one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”

“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,

let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us,

and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him

must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.”

“People are destined to die once and then face judgment.”

“For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,

but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”

“For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged,

we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.”

“The Lord God has opened my ear;

and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away.”

“The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light;

Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,

upon them a light has shined.”

“Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every

one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins;

and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;

 and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,

 and to the ends of the earth.”