40. He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine.

1 Samuel 17:40 (NLT)

17. One day Jesse said to David, “Take this basket of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and carry them quickly to your brothers. 

18. And give these ten cuts of cheese to their captain. See how your brothers are getting along, and bring back a report on how they are doing.”

1 Samuel 17:17-18 (NLT)

17. “All right,” Saul said. “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him here.”

18. One of the servants said to Saul, “One of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only that—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 16:17-18(NLT)

1. Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called.“Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.”

2. “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

3. The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.

Genesis 22:1-3(NLT)

Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”

Hebrews 13:5 (NLT)

1. The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners

Isaiah 61:1 (NLT)

9. “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. 

10. All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. 

John 17:9-10 (NLT)

'Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons and healing people today and tomorrow; and the third day I will accomplish my purpose. At that time some Pharisees said to him, “Get away from here if you want to live! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!” '

42. So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. 

43. But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 

44. and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. 

45. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Mark 10:42-45 (NLT)

1. Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. 

2.There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich. 

3.He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. 

4. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.

Luke 19:1-4 (NLT)