“In everything give thanks ... this is the will of God” 

1 Thessalonians 5:18 

“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.” 

Ecclesiastes 11:4 

“That I have not run in vain or labored in vain.” 
Philippians 2:16 

“Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” 

Hebrews 12:1  

“You ran well. Who hindered you?”
Galatians 5:7 

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  

Isaiah 9:6

“Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.”  

Luke 2:15

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, as that you through His poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 8:9

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.  

John 1:1, 14