| I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I am glorified in them. (John 17:9‑10) |
| According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. (Phil. 1:20) |
| What things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. (Phil. 3:7) |
“A little while” — ’twill soon be past;
Why should we shun the promised cross?
Oh let us in His footsteps haste,
Counting for Him all else but loss!
For how will recompense His smile,
The sufferings of this “little while.” |
