Luke 6:22-23. Blessed are you when people hate you . . . because of the Son of Man. “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven.
Psalm 146:5-6. Blessed are those whose . . . hope is in the Lord their God. He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them – he remains faithful forever.
Exodus 3:13-14. One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.