But for those who are righteous,

the way is not steep and rough.

You are a God who does what is right,

and you smooth out the path ahead of them. 

Isaiah 26:7

(Mykenos, Greece)

You will keep in perfect peace 

all who trust in you,

all whose thoughts are fixed on you!

Trust in the LORD always,

for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.

Isaiah 26:3-4

Remember the things I have done in the past.

for I alone am God!

I am God, and there is none like me. 

Only I can tell you the future

before it even happens.

Everything I plan will come to pass,

for I do whatever I wish.

Isaiah 46:9-10

And then he told them,

“Go into all the world 

and preach the Good News to everyone.

Anyone who believes

and is baptized will be saved.

But anyone who refuses to believe

will be condemned.“

Mark 16:15-16

…but the angel said,

“Don’t be alarmed.

You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth,

who was crucified.

He isn’t here!

He is risen from the dead!…”

Mark 16:6

…”Are you the Messiah,

the Son of the Blessed One?”

Jesus said,

“I AM.

And you will see the Son of Man

seated in the place of power at God’s right hand

and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

Mark 14:61-62

Jesus asked them,

“Am I some dangerous revolutionary,

that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?

Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple?

I was there among you teaching every day.

But these things are happening

to fulfill what the Scriptures say about me.”

Mark 14:48-49

God sent a man,

John the Baptist,

to tell about the light

so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

John himself was not the light;

he was simply a witness to tell about the light.

The one who is the true light,

who gives light to everyone,

was coming into the world.

John 1:6-9

(Sunset over the Aegean Sea)

In the beginning the Word already existed.

The Word was with God,

and the Word was God.

He existed in the beginning with God.

God created everything through him,

and nothing was created except through him.

The Word gave life to everything that was created,

and his life brought light to everyone.

The light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness can never extinguish it.

John 1:1-5

(Aegean Sea sunset)

And he said,

“Yes, it was written long ago

that the Messiah would suffer and die

and rise from the dead on the third day.

It was also written that this message would be proclaimed

in the authority of his name to all the nations,

beginning in Jerusalem:

‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’”

Luke 24:46-47