Waiting on exam results can be an incredibly stressful time, with lots of pressure on students to do well and get the grades they need for whatever it is they want to do next – whether that's college, university or the world of work.
Not doing as well as you'd hoped can be disappointing, and even if you do get the grades you want, it can still be a scary thing to look ahead to the future.
But pass or fail, God's love surpasses all understanding. We can't earn his affection and however 'successful' we are, nothing will change his unconditional love for us.
Here are 10 Bible verses to remind us of his unending faithfulness.
Ephesians 2:8-9
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast."
Psalm 145:14
"The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down."
Romans 8:38-29
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Isaiah 41:9-10
"I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, 'You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."
Psalm 139:13-16
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."
Isaiah 49:16
"See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me."
Lamentations 3:22-23
"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."
Psalm 147:11
"The Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love."
2 Cotinthians 12:9-10
"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
