I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the Earth." ~ Isaiah 49:6b

Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive. ~ Matthew 21:22

The Lord is loving to everyone and his compassion is over all his works. ~ Psalm 145:9

Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. ~ Psalm 33:20

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. ~ Psalm 107:28

Image; Ivan Aivazovsky, Stormy Sea, 1887

But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able." ~ Matthew 20:22

Image: Paolo Veronese, Christ Meeting the Sons of Zebedee and their Mother

Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ~ Matthew 11:11 (NRSV)

Image Francesco Solimena, St. John the Baptist 

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first. ~ Matthew 19:30

When the young man heard this word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions. ~ Matthew 19:22

Image: Liz Lemon Swindle, What Profiteth It a Man: The Rich Young Ruler (Modern), available at Repartee Gallery.