But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

Just today. This life is for today. Serve the Lord without sparing this day. To live wholeheartedly by the motto, “One day, one life,” is to live by faith.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”

But [Stephen], being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.

“This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.”

“Man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.”