Proverbs 3:5 NIV Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
2 Chronicles 15:7 NIV But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
Isaiah 49:25 NIV But this is what the Lord says: “Yes, captives will be taken from warriors, and plunder retrieved from the fierce; I will contend with those who contend with you, and your children I will save.
Psalm 37:4 NIV Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Proverbs 13:24 NIV Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.
1 John 4:8 NIV Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
Matthew 6:9-13 NIV “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.