Daily Word, Light, and Hope

Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.
(See Matthew 5:16)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.
(2 Timothy 4:7)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.
(Ephesians 4:32)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

Pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. Compete well for the faith.
(See 1 Timothy 6:11-12)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

Attend to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in both tasks, for by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
(1 Timothy 4:16)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him [on] the last day.
(John 6:40)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

A person gains honor by avoiding strife, while every fool starts a quarrel.
(Proverbs 20:3)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

The Lord is my strength and my shield. In him my heart trusts, and I find help.
(See Psalm 28)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
(See Luke 15:7)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
(John 3:16 & 17)
(New American Bible, Revised Edition)