Holding onto God
/Matthew 10: 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Work of Faith
1 Thessalonians 1: 3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
Luke 22: 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Acts 15: 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
2 Corinthians 1:2b .....for by faith you stand.
2 Corinthians 5: 7 Foe we walk by faith, not by sight.
Labor of Love
1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8 Charity never faileth:
Patience of Hope
Romans 8: 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Lamentations 3:24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Proverbs 13: 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
God is always watching over you
You were chosen by God