Our Motto Text for the years...
Motto Text for 2026
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
TBC Motto Texts over the Years
| 2026 | "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." | Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) | ||
| 2025 | "Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name, you are mine." | Isaiah 43:1 (NIV) | ||
| 2024 | "Love each other deeply." | 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV) | ||
| 2023 | "His word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed I cannot." | Jeremiah 20:9 (NIV) | ||
| 2022 | "The righteous are as bold as a lion" | Proverbs 28:1 (NIV) | ||
| 2021 | "Let your gentleness be evident to all. The LORD is near." | Philippians 4:5 (NIV) | ||
| 2020 | "Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him." | Hosea 6:3 (NLB) | ||
| 2019 | "Rejoice always, pray continuously, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" | 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV) | ||
| 2018 | "My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus" | Philippians 4:19 (NIV) | ||
| 2017 | "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord" | Psalm 27:14 (NIV) | ||
| 2016 | "As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord" | Joshua 24:15 (NIV) | ||
| 2015 | "This is a day of Good News" | 2 Kings 7:9 (NIV) | ||
| 2014 | "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand" | Jeremiah 18:6 (NIV) | ||
| 2013 | "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess" | Hebrews 10:23 (NIV) | ||
| 2012 | "Run in such a way as to get the prize" | 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NIV) | ||
| 2011 | "I have hidden your word in my heart" | Psalm 119:11 (NIV) | ||
| 2010 | "be transformed by the renewing of your mind" | Romans 2:12 (NIV) | ||
| 2009 | "transforming the Valley of Trouble into the Door of Hope" | Hosea 2:15 | ||
| 2008 | "In all things grow up into Him" | Ephesians 4:15 (NIV) | ||
| 2007 | "It is for freedom that Christ has set you free" | Galatians 5:1 (NIV) | ||
| 2006 | "This is a day of good news" | 2 Kings 7:9 (NIV) | ||
| 2005 | "Let your light shine" | Matthew 5:16 (NIV) | ||
| 2004 | "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth" | Ezra 5:11 (NIV) | ||
| 2003 | "So that we might be mature and full-grown in the Lord, measuring up to the full stature of Christ" | Ephesians 4:13 (NLB) | ||
| 2002 | "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labour in vain" | Psalm 127:1 (NIV) | ||
| 2001 | "Live a life worthy of the calling you have received" | Ephesians 4:1 (NIV) | ||
| 2000 | "... our eyes are upon you" | 2 Chronicles 20:12 (NIV) | ||
| 1999 | "I am not ashamed of the gospel." | Romans 1:16 (NIV) | ||
| 1998 | "In everything, by prayer..." | Philippians 4:6 (NIV) | ||
| 1997 | "All I want is to know Christ." | Philippians 3:10 (NEB) | ||
| 1996 | "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you. Receive the Holy Spirit." | John 20:21-22 (NIV) | ||
| 1995 | "The Lord is my shepherd ... he restores my soul ... my cup overflows." | Psalm 23:1,3,5 (NIV) | ||
| 1994 | "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." | Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) | ||
| 1993 | Jesus commanded: "Love each other as I have loved you." | John 15:12 (NIV) | ||
| 1992 | "If God is for us, who can be against us?" | Romans 8:31 (NIV) | ||
| 1991 | "Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go" | Joshua 1:9 (NIV) | ||
| 1990 | "Be filled with the spirit. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always givings thanks to the Father for everything." | Ephesians 5:18-20 (NIV) | ||
| 1989 | "I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me." | Philippians 4:13 (AV) | ||
| 1988 | "Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." | Colossians 4:6 (NIV) | ||
| 1987 | "Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus." | Philippians 3:13-14 | ||
| 1986 | "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." | Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) | ||
| 1985 | "The God of hope." | Romans 15:13 (AV) | ||
| 1984 | "Go ... make ... disciples." | Matthew 28:19 (NEB) | ||
| 1983 | Jesus said, "I shall build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." | Matthew 16:18 (AV) | ||
| 1982 | "Christ gave Himself for our sins." | Galatians 1:4 (AV) | ||
| 1981 | "The Lord shall guide you continually." | Isaiah 58:11 (AV) | ||
| 1980 | "The fruit of the Spirit is...goodness." | Galatians 5:22 (AV) | ||
| 1979 | All Scripture is inspired by God...giving instruction for right living." | 2 Timothy 3:16 (NEB) | ||
| 1978 | "You are the body of Christ." | 1 Corinthians 12:27 (AV) | ||
| 1977 | "I will make you a light to the nations of the world." | Isaiah 49:6 (Living Bible) | ||
| 1976 | "Always pray, never lose heart." | Luke 18:1 (NEB) | ||
| 1975 | "Tell them how much the Lord has done for you." | Mark 5:19 | ||
| 1974 | "If God is for us, who is against us?" | Romans 8:1 (AV) | ||
| 1973 | "I will guide thee with mine eye." | Psalm 32:8 (AV) | ||
| 1972 | "There remains...much...to be possessed." | Joshua 13:1 (AV) | ||
| 1971 | "For ye serve the Lord Christ." | Colossians 3:24 (AV) | ||
| 1970 | "Take up his cross and follow..." | Matthew 16:24 (AV) | ||
| 1969 | "Launch out into the deep." | Luke 5:4 (AV) | ||
| 1968 | "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth." | 3 John 1:2 (AV) | ||
| 1967 | "I have set before you a open door." | Revelations 3:8 (AV) | ||
| 1966 | "Serve the Lord with gladness." | Psalm 100:2 (AV) | ||
| 1965 | "Persist in prayer." | Romans 12:12 | ||
| 1964 | "Seek and ye shall find." | Matthew 7:7 (AV) | ||
| 1963 | "Quench not the Spirit." | 1 Thessalonians 5:19 (AV) | ||
| 1962 | "Be thou faithful...." | Revelation 2:10 (AV) | ||
| 1961 | "They continued steadfastly." | Acts 2:42 (AV) | ||
| 1960 | "Behold, now is the accepted time." | 2 Corinthians 6:2 (AV) | ||
| 1959 | "Go ye...and make disciples." | Matthew 28:19 (AV) | ||
| 1958 | "In nothing be anxious." | |||
| 1957 | "Be clothed with humility." | 1 Peter 5:5 (AV) | ||
| 1956 | "Pray for us here that the Lord's message may go forward unhindered and may bring Him glory." | 2 Thessalonians 3:1 | ||
| 1955 | "The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former ... and in this place will I give peace." | Haggai 2:9 (AV) | ||
| 1954 | "If God be for us, who can be against us?" | Romans 8:31 (AV) | ||
| 1953 | "Unto you ... which believe, He is precious." | 1 Peter 2:7 (AV) | ||
| 1952 | "The Lord .... delighted in thee." | 1 Kings 10:9 (AV) | ||
| 1951 | "Reckon on God's faithfulness." | |||
| 1950 | "Work in the midst of the years." | A mid-century prayer | ||
| 1949 | "Christ shall be magnified." | Philippians 1:20 (AV) | ||
| 1948 | "He shall not fail...thee." | Isaiah 42:4 (AV) | ||
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| 1946 | "For me to live is Christ." | Philippians 1:21 (AV) | ||
| 1945 | "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." | Philippians 4:13 (AV) | ||
| 1944 | "The Lord is my helper." | Hebrews 13:6 (AV) | ||
| 1943 | "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." | Proverbs 4:23 (AV) | ||
| 1942 | "This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." | 1 John 5:4 (AV) | ||
| 1941 | "As thy days so shall thy strength be." | Deuteronomy 33:25 (AV) | ||
| 1940 | "I have set the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." | Psalm 16:8 (AV) | ||
| 1939 | "In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths." | Proverbs 3:6 (AV) | ||
| 1938 | "My expectation is from Him." | Psalm 62:5 (AV) | ||
| 1937 | "I will go in the strength of the Lord." | Psalm 71:16 (AV) | ||
| 1936 | "There shall be showers of blessing." | Ezekiel 34:26 (AV) | ||
| 1935 | "Kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation." | 1 Peter 1:5 (AV) | ||
| 1934 | "The battle is not your's, but God's." | 2 Chronicles 20:15 (AV) | ||
| 1933 | "Never forget Jesus Christ risen from the dead." | 2 Timothy 2:8 | ||
| 1932 | "Consider your ways"; "One another"; "Jesus Christ." | Haggai 1:5,7; Hebrews 10:24; Hebrews 3:1 (AV) | ||
| 1931 | "This God is our God for ever and ever." | Psalm 48:14 (AV) | ||
| 1930 | "Establish Thou the work of our hands." | Psalm 90:17 (AV) | ||
| 1929 | "Launch out into the deep." | Luke 5:4 (AV) | ||
| 1928 | "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." | Isaiah 30:15 (AV) | ||
| 1927 | "Do and teach these commandments." | Matthew 5:19 (AV) | ||
| 1926 | "The pure in heart ... shall see God." | Matthew 5:8 (AV) | ||
| 1925 | "Be not moved away from the hope of the gospel." | Colossians 1:23 (AV) | ||
| 1924 | "The joy of your Lord is your strength." | Nehemiah 8:10 (AV) | ||
| 1923 | "Revive us again." | Psalm 85:6 (AV) | ||
| 1922 | "Jehovah-jireh" | Genesis 22:14 (AV) | ||
| 1921 | "Lord, I am ready." | Luke 22:33 (AV) | ||
| 1920 | "Freely ye have received, freely give," | Matthew 10:8 (AV) | ||
| 1919 | "From this day I will bless you." | Haggai 2:19 (AV)Selected by Editor of the Record (no Minister) and possibly not an official Motto Text | ||
| 1918 | "Certainly I will be with thee." | Exodus 3:12 (AV) | ||
| 1917 | "Be strong, fear not; behold your God will come." | Isaiah 35:4 | ||
| 1916 | "He knoweth them that trust in Him." | Nahum 1:7 (AV) | ||
| 1915 | "That we should be holy and without blame before Him in love" | Ephesians 1:4 (AV) | ||
| 1914 | "Our sufficiency is of God" | 2 Corinthians 3:5 (AV) | ||
| 1913 | "If ye have faith ... nothing shall be impossible unto you" | Matthew 17:20 (AV) | ||
| 1912 | "I will bless thee ... and thou shalt be a blessing" | Genesis 12:2 (AV) | ||
| 1901 | "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." | Psalm 137:5-6 (AV) | ||
| 1899 | "But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." | Philippians 4:19 (AV) |
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