Fruitfulness
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.” —John 15:16
Guidance
“I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.” —Psalm 32:8
“For God, our God, is our defender forever. He guides us.” —Psalm 48:14
Heaven
“But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.” —Hebrews 11:16
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: ‘Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more—or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist.’” —Revelation 21:3-4
“And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him, and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.” —Revelation 22:3-5
“After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. They were shouting out in a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!’” —Revelation 7:9-10
Holy Priesthood
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” —1 Peter 2:9
“So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God’s sight, you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” —1 Peter 2:4-5
Inheritance
“And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” —Acts 20:32
“For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love. He did this by predestining us to adoption as his legal heirs through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will…” —Ephesians 1:4-5
“And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation)—when you believed in Christ—you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.” —Ephesians 1:13-14
“Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!” —Galatians 5:19-21
“For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.” —Ephesians 5:5
Obedience
“I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts, so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.” — Ezekiel 11:19-20
“How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands. You will be blessed and secure.” —Psalm 128:1-2
“Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.” —Deuteronomy 5:16
Peace
“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” —John 14:27 NLT
“And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.” —Philippians 4:9
“And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.” —James 3:18 NLT
Provision
“I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint.” —Jeremiah 31:25
“And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 4:19
Radiance
“But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.” —Daniel 12:3
“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father….” —Matthew 13:43
Revelation
“But just as it is written, ‘Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.’ God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.” —1 Cor 2:9-10
Rewards
“Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” —Hebrews 11:6
“And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.” —Matt 10:42
“Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes. I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.” — Matthew 24:45-47
“And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations.” —Revelation 2:26
“The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will in no way be harmed by the second death.” —Revelation 2:11
Seeing God
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” —Matthew 5:8
Sowing and Reaping
“… the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.” —Galatians 6:8
Transformation
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” —2 Corinthians 3:17-18
Triumph
“But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place.” —2 Corinthians 2:14
“For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down, because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.” —1 John 5:4
Unashamed
“For the scripture says, ‘Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.’” —Romans 10:11