2 Tim 2:15 (ESV) Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth 2 Peter 1:5-8 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, & virtue with knowledge, & knowledge with self-control, & self-control with steadfastness, & steadfastness with godliness, & godliness with brotherly affection, & brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours & are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. — This faith, this courage, & this knowledge must be within each of us. It is truly His faith that worketh this virtue within us! This is where the fruit comes from! Do your best, it pleases Him! Love Mel