Scripture: Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart. – Hebrews 12:3 Prayer: Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, We set our minds to contemplate… …How your Son, without complaint or protest, Walked a long rough trail Up the side of a hill Carrying heavy wooden crossbeam Punished to the brink of death Having received course nails into flesh …How your Lamb, without struggle for freedom Allowed himself to be h

Scripture: Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake