*1.* “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” *2* “Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” *3* “…being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” *4* “The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.”