John 3:30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.”

Psalm 102:23, 24 He has broken my strength in midcourse;
he has shortened my days.
I say, “My God, do not take me in the middle of my life!
Your years continue through all generations.”

Psalm 101:3
I will not let anything worthless guide me.
I hate the practice of transgression;
it will not cling to me.

Psalm 100
Let the whole earth shout triumphantly to the LORD!
Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Acknowledge that the Lord is God.
He made us, and we are his—
his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name.
For the Lord is good, and his faithful love endures forever;
his faithfulness, through all generations.

Mark 9:33-37 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest. Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.” He took a child, had him stand among them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in my name welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but him who sent me.”