"The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty One who will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by His love; he will exult over you with loud singing." --Zephaniah 3:17

"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." --Philippians 4:4-7

"For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost." --Luke 19:10

"Take care lest you forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today..." --Deuteronomy 8:11

"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt." --Deuteronomy 7:6-8


Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from God... //Deuteronomy 8:3