John 16:4b-15 — Since the Spirit promises to keep pressure on the world and to guide us and bring us home, we can have confidence and compassion in our witness for Christ.
Ecclesiastes 7:15-29 — Since we can't know everything about the divine plan we have to go with what God has revealed to us. We need to be dependent on God, we need to be gracious toward each other, and we need to trust that God is for us.
John 15:1-17 — In a world that is withering and dying, we are called to remain in Jesus, the only source of life and sustenance, so that we might bear the fruit of love for one another.