Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.”

Only the love of Christ as it was poured out on the Cross is enough to keep us on fire for the Lord day in and day out, month in, month out, year after year.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

Prime example of taking verses out of context

Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.

Without Faith it is Impossible to please God - Hebrews 11:6

John 16: 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

There are going to be times we will suffer and groan in this tent we live in today, but there is a day coming when we will be changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye, and given a heavenly body, when we see Jesus face to face.