When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place. Psalm 8:3
The Lord founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding. By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew. Proverbs 3:19-20
Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created. Revelation 4:11
The Lord made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. Jeremiah 10:12
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. Hebrews 11:3
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. Colossians 1:16
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope. Romans 15:4
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. Joshua 1:8
You need milk, not solid food! For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil. Hebrews 5:12
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly, as infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready. 1 Corinthians 3:1-2
“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways. 1 Corinthians 13:11
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature. 1 Corinthians 14:20
“All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.”
“Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of the prize. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.”
But we must hold on to the progress we have already made. Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. Philippians 3
I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. 1 Peter 4:12-13
You need to persevere so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised. Hebrews 10:36
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. 2 Corinthians 4:17