October 12, 2003

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
Philippians 1:20 (NIV)

1. "Show me, O LORD , my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life."
   Psalm 39:4 (NIV)
   

   
   
   

2. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
   Philippians 3:20 (NIV)
   

   
   
   

3. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.
   2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV)
   

   
   
   

4. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
   2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NIV)