Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;” We should look to Jesus in his blameless life for he is our example to follow. We should look to Jesus in his atoning death for he is our foundation of hope. I hesitate to share a bumper sticker but here’s one that fits, “Know Jesus, know peace. No Jesus, No peace.” Oh, let it be the watchword of every Christian, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;”
1 minute x 365 days = 1 year of working your way through Bible passages from most NT chapters in chronological order and some from the OT.