…be ready to open the door 

and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks.

…be ready all the time,

for the Son of Man will come when least expected.

Luke 12:36, 40

(Park Avenue, Arches National Park, UT)

Let us hold tightly without wavering

to the hope we affirm,

for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

Hebrews 10:23

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers,

for some who have done this have entertained angels

without realizing it!

Hebrews 13:2

If you need wisdom,

ask our generous God,

and he will give it to you.

He will not rebuke you for asking.

But when you ask him,

be sure that your faith is in God alone.

Do not waver…

James 1:5-6

Jesus Christ is the same 

yesterday,

today,

and forever.

So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas.

Your strength comes from God’s grace…

Hebrews 13:8-9

…God has said,

“I will never fail you.

I will never abandon you.”

Hebrews 13:5

You have not come to a physical mountain,

to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind,

as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.

No, you have come to Mount Zion,

to the city of the living God,

the heavenly Jerusalem,

and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering.

You have come to Jesus…

Hebrews 12:18, 22, 24

Therefore, since we are surrounded

by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith,

let us strip off every weight that slows us down,

especially the sin that so easily trips us up. 

And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.

We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus…

Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people,

then you won’t become weary and give up.

Hebrews 12:1-3

…people died still believing what God had promised them.

they did not receive what was promised,

but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it.

They agreed that they were

foreigners and nomads here on earth.

Obviously people who say such things are looking forward

to a country they can call their own.

If they had longed for the country they came from,

they could have gone back.

But they were looking for a better place,

a heavenly homeland…

Hebrews 11:13-16

It was by faith that Abraham obeyed 

when God called him to leave home

and go to another land that God would give him

as his inheritance.

He went without knowing where he was going.

Abraham was confidently looking forward  

to a city with eternal foundations,

a city designed and built by God.

Hebrews 11:8,10