*1.* “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” *2* “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” *3* “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.” *4* “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. You will increase my greatness and comfort me again.”