Look Beyond
Rom 15:7 - welcome as Christ welcome you
Rom 14:7 - we do not live for ourselves
Mt 5:47 - don't greet just brothers and sisters
Mt 11:16-17; Lk 7:32 - children calling to join their dance
Lk 12:35-37; Mt 25:1-2; Mk 13:35-36 - servants (and bridemaids) waiting too late/falling asleep waiting
Jn 15:1-4 - no fruit without the vine
Rom 11:18 - you are branches; the root supports you
1 Cor 12:12-27 - part of the body of Christ
Gen 1:26-27 - we are made in God's image
1 Cor 11:7 - man is the image of God
Mt 16:24-25/ Mk 8:34/ Lk 9:23 - take up your cross
Rom 12:17-21 - repay evil with good
Mk 4:26 - planting the seed for the kingdom
2 Cor 9:6 - sow bountifully, reap bountifully
Pr 4:25-26 - look ahead; give thought to your path