From there he went all over Galilee. He used synagogues for meeting places and taught
people the truth of God. God’s kingdom was his theme—that beginning right now they were
under God’s government, a good government! He also healed people of their diseases and
of the bad effects of their bad lives.
-- Matthew 4:23 (MSG)
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
-- 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
-- James 1:22
Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
-- Matthew 6:20-21
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
-- Deuteronomy 7:9