- Love controls/compels us (2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
- Nothing is greater than this privilege (Acts 20:24)
- In Christ we possess life in the midst of death (John 6:63)
- God loves us first (1 John 4:10)
- He loves at great cost (Isaiah 53:10)
- He joyfully anticipates eternity with us (Ephesians 2:7)
- Christ endured for us (Hebrews 12:2)
- His endurance gives rise to ours (Hebrews 12:3)
- Endurance produces hope (Romans 5:3-5)