"..so we do not lose heart.."

"Therefore we do not lose heart.
Though outwardly we are wasting away,
 yet inwardly we are being renewed
 day by day.
 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary,
 but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4: 16-18 (NIV)

"A Cord of three strands..."

"Though one may be overpowered,

    two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV)

".. take heart in the ruins.."

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble.
 But take heart!
 I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33 (NIV)

“...and Peter”

"But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going before you into Galilee;

 there you will see Him,
 as He said to you.”

Mark 16:7 (NKJV)

..pure..

"How can a young person stay on the path of purity?

    By living according to your word."

Psalm 119:9 (NIV)

"Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul

 [that is, put in your very best effort],

 as [something done] for the Lord and not for men,"

Colossians 3:23 (AMP)

".. No giving up on you.."

  "Even if the mountains heave up from their anchors,

        and the hills quiver and shake,

 I will not desert you.

    You can rely on My enduring love;

        My covenant of peace will stand forever.

So says the Eternal One,

 whose love won’t give up on you."

Isaiah 54:10 (VOICE)

"High water mark"

(Cemetery Ridge near Gettysburg, marking the farthest point reached by Confederate forces during Pickett's Charge - turning point of the war)

 "Set your affection on things above,

 not on things on the earth."

Colossians 3:2 (AKJV)

"Except the affections of the soul be supremely fixed on God;

unless it be the leading and governing desire and primary pursuit to

possess his favour and promote his glory, we are considered as having  transferred our fealty (allegiance) to an usurper, and as being in fact revolters from our lawful sovereign. God requires to set up his throne in the heart, 

and to reign in it without rival.

- "A Practical View of Christianity", William Wilberforce 1797

" ..see it clearly.."

"We don’t yet see things clearly. 

We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. 

But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! 

We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!" 

1 Corinthians 13:12 (MSG)