We can only keep on going, after all by the power of God, who first saved us then called us to this

holy work. We had nothing to do with it. It was all

his idea, a gift prepared for us in Jesus long before

we knew anything about it. But we know it now. 

Since the appearance of our Saviour, nothing could

be plainer; death defeated, life vindicated in a 

steady blaze of light, all through the work of Jesus.

                             2 Timothy 1:9 - The Message