Matthew 16:18 "And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock

I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it."

Luke 14:26 "Whoever comes to me cannot be my disciple unless he loves me

more than he loves his father and his mother, his wife and his children,

his brothers and his sisters, and himself as well..."

Matthew 14:32 "They both got into the boat, and the wind died down.

Then the disciples in the boat worshipped Jesus,

'Truly you are the Son of God!' they exclaimed."

1 Peter 2:11-17 "Your conduct among the heathen should be so good that when

they accuse you of being evildoers, they will have to recognize

your good deeds and so praise God on the Day of his coming."

March 4:20 "But other people are like seeds sown in good soil.

They hear the message, accept it,

and bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred."