By The Grace Of God

Delight Yourself in the Lord         Make Yourself Ready       Temple of God       Overcoming Pain and Being Victorious in Jesus Name         Heaven

The Temple of God

       

The Temple of God


Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16 (NKJV)

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are Gods.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NKJV)

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:19-22 (NKJV) (Christ Our Cornerstone)

And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
Luke 1:46-47, 49 (MEV)


The Temple of God

        1) God is Love and He Loves Us

                - We Are Created in Gods Image

                - God Loves Us, More Than Anything

                - We Are Predestined From Before the Foundation of the World to Know Him

        2) Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life

                - Jesus is Our Lord and Savior

                - I AM, Jesus 7 Statements

                - Jesus is Our Righteousness

        3) Love the Lord Our God With All Our Heart

                - You Shall Love the Lord Your God With All Your Heart

                - If Anyone Loves Me, He Will Keep My Word

        4) We Are Born Again, Born of the Spirit

                - We Are a New Creation In Christ

                - The Spirit of Truth

                - We Are Children of God

        5) The Spirit of God Dwells Within Our Hearts

                - God Wants a Man After His Own Heart

                - Clean Your Heart

                - Your Body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit

                - Present Your Body as a Living Sacrifice

        6) Live by Faith

                - For We Walk by Faith

                - Walk in the Spirit

        7) Seek the Lord

                - Seek First the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness

                - Pray

                - Meditate

                - Wait on the Lord

                - Hope

        8) Walk With Our Lord

                - Trust in the Lord

        9) Be Obedient to God

                - Obey God

                - Offer a Sacrifice of Praise to God

        10) Our Great and Mighty God

                - Our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace

                - Worship God in Spirit and Truth

                - To This One I Will Look

        11) Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

                - God is Holy and Worthy of Our Praise

                - Enter His Gates with a Song of Thanksgiving and His Courts with Praise

                - Praise the Lord

        12) To Know God

                - To Know Our Heavenly Father

                - Our Intimacy with God

                - That I May Know Him

                - To Dwell in the Secret Place of the Most High

                - To Live with Our Lord NOW and For All Eternality



The Temple of God

I guess I should specify before going any farther, I can see some people questioning this. There are two (2) types of Temples of God, physical and spiritual listed in the Bible. There are three (3) physical Temples in Jerusalem listed in scripture;
        1) Solomon's Temple that was destroyed by the Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE,
        2) Herod's Temple that was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD,
        3) the 3rd Temple used by the anti-christ listed in Daniel and Revelation in the end times. This is yet to be built, the Old Testament Jews in Jerusalem are getting ready to build it any day now!
        Temple Institute, "The Temple Institute is dedicated to every aspect of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem, and the central role it fulfilled, and will once again fulfill, "

The spiritual Temple of God referred to in the Bible (and this paper) is the born-again hearts of the believers in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The Spirit of God indwells every born-again believers heart. The Holy Spirit leads, guides, directs, convicts; He is our Helper, Comforter, Councilor, our Intercessor; He strengthens us and guides us in all truth, He is the Spirit of the Living God that lives within our hearts! The Temple of God is our born-again heart! Praise the Lord! Thank You Jesus! Thank You Holy Spirit! Thank You Abba!


God Almighty [El Shaddai], created the heavens and the earth and everything there in for us His children. We are created in Gods image and He loves us more than anything. God created the heavens and the earth for us, to live with Him, to walk with our Lord in paradise for all eternity.

Our Heavenly Father knew us from before time began, and He wants a personal relationship with us. Our Lord longs for our love; and He wants us to know Him. He gave His only begotten Son as a sacrifice for our sins so that we would know Him and live, now and forever with Him in love.

God wants to live with us - His born again children, born of the Spirit. And because of His Son, our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we have our Lords righteousness and therefore are in right standing with God our Father. Praise the Lord! Thank You Jesus!


1) God is Love and He Loves Us

 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:7-11 (NKJV)

but whoever follows His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him:
1 John 2:5 (NASB)

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves the child born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and follow His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
1 John 5:1-3 (NASB)

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:16 (NKJV)

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 3:16-17 (NKJV)

Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling aroma.
Ephesians 5:1-2 (NKJV)

Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.
1 Peter 5:7 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for [upon] grace. For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 1:16-17 (NKJV)

Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Fathers will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Matthew 10:29-31 (NKJV)

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:4-10 (NKJV)

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:9 (NKJV)

But as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
1 Corinthians 2:9 (NKJV)

I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah 24:7 (MEV)

        - We Are Created in Gods Image

Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;
Genesis 1:26a (NKJV) (Man Created in the Image of God)

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
Genesis 2:21-22 (NKJV)

In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.
Genesis 5:1b-2 (NKJV)

For in the image of God He made man.
Genesis 9:6b (NKJV)

Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.
Isaiah 43:7 (NKJV)

        - God Loves Us, More Than Anything

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 3:16-17 (NKJV)

Anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this way the love of God was revealed to us, that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
1 John 4:8-10 (MEV)

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 (NKJV)

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Ephesians 2:4-6 (NKJV)

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
1 John 3:1 (NKJV)

When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your deliverer. I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you. Since you are precious and special in my sight, [you are honored] and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.
Isaiah 43:2-4 (NET)

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV)

What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit [care for] him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
Psalm 8:4-6 (NKJV)

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.
Psalm 149:4 (NKJV)

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.
Jeremiah 32:40-41 (NKJV)

The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.
Psalm 147:11 (NKJV)

1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.
3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will [exalt him] set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.
Psalm 91 (NKJV) (Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God.)

        - We Are Predestined From Before the Foundation of the World to Know Him

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 8:28-29 (NKJV)

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
2 Timothy 1:9 (NKJV)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Ephesians 1:3-5 (NKJV)

In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
Ephesians 1:11 (NKJV)

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV)

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 (NKJV)

But when He, Who had chosen and set me apart [even] before I was born and had called me by His grace (His undeserved favor and blessing), saw fit and was pleased to reveal (unveil, disclose) His Son within me so that I might proclaim Him among the Gentiles (the non-Jewish world) as the glad tidings (Gospel),
Galatians 1:15-16a (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

God the Father chose you long ago and knew you would become his children. And the Holy Spirit has been at work in your hearts, cleansing you with the blood of Jesus Christ and making you to please him. May God bless you richly and grant you increasing freedom from all anxiety and fear.
1 Peter 1:2 (Living Bible)

Back to top of page

2) Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life

 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:6 (NKJV)

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 3:16-17 (NKJV)

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV)

Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, Show us the Father?
John 14:9 (NKJV)

Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
John 14:11 (NKJV)

but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18 (NKJV)

        - Jesus is Our Lord and Savior

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!
Matthew 3:2 (NKJV)

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:8-9 (NKJV)

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:9-10 (NKJV)

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
Philippians 3:9-10 (NKJV)

Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:4 (NKJV)

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
1 Corinthians 6:17 (NKJV)

By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
1 John 4:13 (NKJV)

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
1 John 2:1 (NIV)

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 (NKJV)

Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah 15:16 (NKJV)

to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Ephesians 3:19-21 (NKJV)

        - I AM, Jesus 7 Statements

31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
32 Then Jesus said to them, Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
34 Then they said to Him, Lord, give us this bread always.
35 And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe.
37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:31-40 (NKJV) (I AM the Bread of life)

1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Early in the morning He returned to the temple. All the people came to Him, and He sat down and taught them.
3 The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery. When they had put her in the middle,
4 they said to Him, Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such, but what do You say?
6 They said this, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear them.
7 So when they continued asking Him, He stood up and said to them, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.
8 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 Being convicted by their conscience, those who heard it went out one by one, beginning with the eldest even to the last. Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had stood up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?
11 She said, No one, Lord. Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.
12 Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 8:1-12 (MEV) (I AM the Light of the World)

1 Truly, truly I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out.
4 When he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5 Yet they will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him. For they do not know the voice of strangers.
6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
7 Then Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9 I am the door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 The thief does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
John 10:1-10 (MEV) (I AM the door of the sheep)

11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
12 But he who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
13 The hired hand runs away because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and am known by My own.
15 Even as the Father knows Me, so I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep who are not of this fold. I must also bring them, and they will hear My voice. There will be one flock and one shepherd.
17 Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it up again.
18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I received this command from My Father.
John 10:11-18 (MEV) (I AM the good shepherd)

1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.
4 When Jesus heard that, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.
7 Then after this He said to the disciples, Let us go to Judea again.
8 The disciples said to Him, Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.
12 Then His disciples said, Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.
13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.
16 Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with Him.
17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away.
19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
21 Now Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.
23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again.
24 Martha said to Him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?
27 She said to Him, Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.
28 And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, The Teacher has come and is calling for you.
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb to weep there.
32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
34 And He said, Where have you laid him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, See how He loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?
38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.
40 Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.
43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth!
44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.
45 Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.
John 11:1-45 (NKJV) (I AM the Resurrection and the Life)

1 Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.
5 Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
7 If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.
8 Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.
9 Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, Show us the Father?
10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
John 14:1-11 (NKJV) (I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life)

1 I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:1-7 (NKJV) (I AM The True Vine)

And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And He said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
Exodus 3:14 (NKJV)

Jesus said to them, Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was born, I AM.
John 8:58 (MEV)

For I am the Lord, I do not change;
Malachi 3:6a (NKJV)

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV)

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:20 (NKJV)

        - Jesus is Our Righteousness

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 6:33 (NKJV)

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV)

who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness, by whose stripes [wounds] you were healed.
1 Peter 2:24 (NKJV)

that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:22-24 (NKJV)

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
Philippians 3:9 (NKJV)

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
1 Corinthians 1:30 (NKJV)

but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, Be holy, for I am holy.
1 Peter 1:15-16 (NKJV)

Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?
John 11:40 (NKJV)

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26-28 (NIV)

17) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
18) the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19) and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
20) which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21) far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22) And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23) which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 1:17-23 (NKJV)

Hear my prayer, O Lord, Listen to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, and in Your righteousness.
Psalm 143:1 (Amplified Bible) (Prayer for Help and Guidance)

Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it: I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles,
Isaiah 42:5-6 (NKJV)

For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will see His face.
Psalm 11:7 (NASB)

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before You. Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! Lord, they walk in the light of Your face.
Psalm 89:14-15 (NASB)

Lord, who will abide in Your tabernacle? Who will dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and does righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart;
Psalm 15:1-2 (MEV)

Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?
John 11:40 (NKJV)

Back to top of page

3) Love the Lord Our God with All Your Heart

 that He would give you, according to the riches of His glory, power to be strengthened by His Spirit in the inner man, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:16-19 (MEV)

        - You Shall Love the Lord Your God With All Your Heart

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
Deuteronomy 6:4-6 (NKJV)

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:30-31 (NKJV)

I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.
John 13:34-35 (NASB)

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:7-8 (NKJV)

And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
Deuteronomy 30:6 (NKJV)

But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Joshua 22:5 (NKJV)

        - If Anyone Loves Me, He Will Keep My Word

Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
John 14:23 (NKJV)

As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.
John 15:9 (NKJV)

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28 (NASB)

The person who has my commandments and obeys them, that one is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.
John 14:21 (NET)

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
1 John 5:3 (NKJV)

And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (NKJV) (The Essence of the Law)

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
James 1:12 (NKJV)

And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,
Colossians 3:23 (NKJV)

And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love ones neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Mark 12:33 (NKJV)

I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
Psalm 9:1 (NKJV)

Back to top of page

4) We Are Born Again, Born of the Spirit

 3 Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again [from above], he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mothers womb and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:3-6 (NKJV)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:3-5 (NASB)

        - We Are a New Creation In Christ

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)

and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
Colossians 3:10 (NKJV)

and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Ephesians 4:24 (NKJV)

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

And those who are Christs have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24 (NKJV)

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
Romans 6:6 (NKJV)

for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17 (NKJV)

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
1 Peter 1:22-23 (NKJV)

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee [down payment] of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it [until God redeems his possession], to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14 (ESV)

        - The Spirit of Truth

I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.
John 14:16-17 (NASB)

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
John 16:13 (NIV)

But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
John 15:26 (NKJV)

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit [the spiritual illumination and the enabling of the Holy Spirit] for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:7 (Amplified Bible)

And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you remain in Him.
1 John 2:27 (NASB)

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
1 Corinthians 2:12 (NKJV)

God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth.
John 4:24 (MEV)

        - We Are Children of God

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right [authority] to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
John 1:12 (NKJV)

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
1 John 3:1-3 (NKJV)

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, Abba, Father!
Galatians 4:6 (NKJV)

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
1 Corinthians 12:27 (NKJV)

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
Romans 8:16 (NKJV)

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26 (NKJV)

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.
Psalm 149:4 (NKJV)

This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise.
Isaiah 43:21 (NKJV)

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.
Ephesians 3:8-12 (NASB 1995)

Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
Ephesians 5:1 (NKJV) (Walk in Love)

Back to top of page

5) The Spirit of God Dwells Within Our Hearts

 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, Abba, Father!
Galatians 4:6 (NKJV)

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16 (NKJV)

For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
2 Corinthians 6:16b (NKJV)

For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
2 Corinthians 1:20-22 (NKJV)

And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance [endurance]; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:3-5 (NKJV)

the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
John 14:17 (NKJV)

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:6 (NKJV)

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
1 Corinthians 6:17 (NKJV)

As for you, the anointing [the special gift, the preparation] which you received from Him remains [permanently] in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But just as His anointing teaches you [giving you insight through the presence of the Holy Spirit] about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as His anointing has taught you, you must remain in Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him].
1 John 2:27 (Amplified Bible)

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Romans 8:9-11 (NKJV)

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
Romans 8:15-17 (NKJV)

He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.
John 7:38 (NKJV)

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:17 (NKJV)

I delight to do Your will, my God; Your Law is within my heart.
Psalm 40:8 (KJV)

And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
Deuteronomy 6:6 (NKJV)

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:20-22 (NKJV)

All these things [the gifts, the achievements, the abilities, the empowering] are brought about by one and the same [Holy] Spirit, distributing to each one individually just as He chooses.
1 Corinthians 12:11 (Amplified Bible)

My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:20-23 (NKJV)

Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8 (NKJV)

Who may ascend onto the mountain of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false, Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.
Psalm 24:3-4 (Amplified Bible)

Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 11:19-20 (NKJV)

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 36:26-28 (NKJV)

        - God Wants a Man After His Own Heart

Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. Truly now, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your kingdom will not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over His people, because you have not kept that which the Lord commanded you.
1 Samuel 13:13-14 (MEV)

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
10 Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not chosen these.
11 And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all the young men here? Then he said, There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here.
12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 16:7, 10-13 (NKJV) (David Anointed King of Israel)

But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.
1 Samuel 13:14 (NKJV) (The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart - David)

And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.
Acts 13:22 (NKJV) (David - a man after My own heart, who will do all My will)

because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Kings 15:5 (NKJV)

I know also, my God, that You test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You.
1 Chronicles 29:17 (NKJV)

The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
2 Chronicles 16:9a (NLT)

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
Jeremiah 17:10 (MEV)

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Psalm 119:34 (ESV)

        - Clean Your Heart

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah 17:10 (NKJV)

If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.
Psalm 66:18 (NKJV) (Cleanse Your Heart)

For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7b (NKJV) (When David was Anointed King)

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
Psalm 51:10, 12 (NKJV)

But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,
Hebrews 10:15-16 (NKJV)

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
1 Peter 1:22 (NKJV)

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
James 5:8 (NKJV)

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Colossians 3:16 (NKJV)

Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22 (NKJV)

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 (NKJV)

My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you. Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart, And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:1-4 (NKJV)

Silver and gold are purified by fire, but God purifies hearts.
Proverbs 17:3 (Living Bible)

Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8 (NKJV)

        - Your Body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NKJV)

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NKJV)

for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
1 Timothy 4:8 (NASB 1995)

Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;
1 Thessalonians 4:1-5 (NKJV) (Plea for Purity)

For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8 (NKJV)

Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:18 (NKJV)

But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith].
Ephesians 5:3 (Amplified Bible)

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
Romans 6:12 (NKJV)

And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people. Therefore Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 6:16-18 (NKJV)

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:20-22 (NKJV)

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For the two, He says, shall become one flesh.
1 Corinthians 6:15-16 (NKJV)

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NKJV)

        - Present Your Body as a Living Sacrifice

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) (Living Sacrifices to God)

And those who are Christs have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24 (NKJV)

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:1 (NKJV) (Free from Indwelling Sin)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV)

My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:20-23 (NKJV)

And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Colossians 3:17 (NKJV)

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 (NKJV)

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
2 Corinthians 7:1 (NIV)

Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Ephesians 5:1-2 (NKJV) (Walk in Love)

Back to top of page

6) Live by Faith

 For it is by grace [God's remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;
Ephesians 2:8 (Amplified Bible)

        - For We Walk by Faith

For we walk by faith, not by sight:
2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10:17 (NKJV)

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
Philippians 3:9 (NKJV)

Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
Hebrews 11:1 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Hebrews 11:3 (NKJV)

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV)

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:13-14 (NKJV)

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:1-2 (NKJV)

let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:22-23 (NIV)

By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.
Hebrews 11:11 (NKJV)

Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all nations for His name, among whom you also are called by Jesus Christ:
Romans 1:5-6 (MEV)

For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations) in the presence of Him whom he believed, God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
Romans 4:16-17 (NKJV)

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:4-5 (NKJV)

buried with Him in baptism, in which also you were raised with Him through the faith of the power of God, who has raised Him from the dead.
Colossians 2:12 (MEV)

This righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all and upon all who believe, for there is no distinction.
Romans 3:22 (MEV)

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:6 (NKJV)

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NIV)

Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace]. And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing.
James 1:2-4 (Amplified Bible)

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
James 2:26 (NASB)

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed in a way that awakens more faith]. As it is written and forever remains written, The just and upright shall live by faith.
Romans 1:17 (Amplified Bible)

so that you will not be [spiritually] sluggish, but [will instead be] imitators of those who through faith [lean on God with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in His power] and by patient endurance [even when suffering] are [now] inheriting the promises.
Hebrews 6:12 (Amplified Bible)

So Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Mark 11:22-24 (NKJV)

If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.
Isaiah 7:9b (NIV)

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,
1 Thessalonians 1:3 (NKJV)

that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 1:7 (NKJV)

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 (NKJV)

and above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:16-17 (MEV)

        - Walk in the Spirit

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:25 (NKJV)

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
John 6:63 (NKJV)

This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
Acts 2:32-33 (NKJV)

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
Galatians 5:16-17 (NKJV) (Walking in the Spirit)

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, lets follow the Spirit as well.
Galatians 5:22-25 (NASB) (Fruit of the Spirit)

Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
Romans 8:1-2 (NASB)

in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be alert with all perseverance and every request for all the saints,
Ephesians 6:16-18 (NASB)

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:23-24 (NKJV)

By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
1 John 4:13 (NKJV)

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (NASB)

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God.
Romans 8:14 (NASB)

But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Galatians 5:18 (KJV)

Quench not the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:19 (KJV)

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Psalm 51:12 (KJV)

However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
John 16:13 (NKJV)

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
Ephesians 1:17 (NKJV)

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:14 (NKJV)

Back to top of page

7) Seek the Lord

 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity;
Jeremiah 29:11-14a (NKJV)

O God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is. So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.
Psalm 63:1-3 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition) (A Psalm of David; when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.)

1 O give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the people.
2 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonderful acts and devoutly praise them.
3 Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those who seek and require the Lord [as their most essential need] rejoice.
4 Seek and deeply long for the Lord and His strength [His power, His might]; Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually.
5 Remember [with awe and gratitude] the wonderful things which He has done, His amazing deeds and the judgments uttered by His mouth [on His enemies, as in Egypt],
Psalm 105:1-5 (Amplified Bible) (The Lords Wonderful Works in Behalf of Israel)

        - Seek First the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 6:33 (NKJV)

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Matthew 7:7-8 (NKJV) (Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking)

Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened.
Matthew 7:7-8 (Amplified Bible)

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:1 (NKJV)

But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:29 (NKJV)

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with their whole heart!
Psalm 119:1-2 (NKJV)

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
1 Chronicles 16:11 (KJV)

if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)

Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those who seek and require the Lord [as their most essential need] rejoice. Seek and deeply long for the Lord and His strength [His power, His might]; Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually.
Psalm 105:3-4 (Amplified Bible)

I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.
Proverbs 8:17 (NKJV)

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV)

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.
Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)

Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; For I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah 15:16 (NKJV)

        - Pray

9b Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespasses against us.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
      For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew 6:9b-13 (KJV)

O Lord God, I cried out; O great and awesome God who keeps his promises and is so loving and kind to those who love and obey him! Hear my prayer!
Nehemiah 1:5 (Living Bible)

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (NKJV)

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NASB)

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
Colossians 4:2 (NASB)

Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
Matthew 18:19 (NIV)

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV)

And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive it all.
Matthew 21:22 (NASB)

And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
James 5:15-16 (NKJV)

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
1 John 5:14-15 (NKJV) (Confidence and Compassion in Prayer)

22 So Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God.
23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
25 And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Mark 11:22-25 (NKJV)

Keep watching and praying, so that you do not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Matthew 26:41 (NASB)

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
Romans 8:32 (NKJV)

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
Psalm 50:15 (NKJV)

But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord; in an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of Your mercy, answer me in the truth of Your salvation.
Psalm 69:13 (MEV)

You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
John 15:16 (NKJV)

The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
1 Peter 4:7 (NASB)

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Colossians 1:9-12 (NKJV)

Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right way. Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.
1 Samuel 12:23-24 (NKJV) (Samuel Address All of Israel)

        - Meditate

One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the Lord And to meditate in His temple.
Psalm 27:4 (Amplified Bible)

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 (NKJV)

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Psalm 46:10-11 (NKJV)

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
Psalm 139:17 (NKJV)

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
Psalm 1:1-3 (NKJV)

Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my meditation. Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray. My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.
Psalm 5:1-3 (NKJV)

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Joshua 1:8 (NKJV)

I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds.
Psalm 77:12 (NKJV)

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:8-9 (NKJV) (Meditate on These Things)

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV)

My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:20-23 (NKJV)

I will meditate on Your precepts and keep my eyes on Your ways.
Psalm 119:15 (MEV)

May my meditation be sweet and pleasing to Him; As for me, I will rejoice and be glad in the Lord.
Psalm 104:34 (Amplified Bible)

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Psalm 119:97 (NKJV)

My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.
Psalm 49:3 (NKJV)

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands. I stretch forth my hands unto You; my soul thirsts after You as a thirsty land. Selah
Psalm 143:5-6 (MEV)

With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You]; Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience]. Your word I have treasured and stored in my heart, That I may not sin against You.
Psalm 119:10-11 (Amplified Bible)

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies, for they are continually with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
Psalm 119:97-99 (MEV)

For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. But you would not,
Isaiah 30:15 (NKJV)

        - Wait on the Lord

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Psalm 46:10 (NKJV)

Show me Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.
Psalm 25:4-5 (NKJV)

One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the Lord And to meditate in His temple.
Psalm 27:4 (Amplified Bible)

But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV)

I will thank You and confide in You forever, because You have done it [delivered me and kept me safe]. I will wait on, hope in and expect in Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your saints.
Psalm 52:9 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
Isaiah 64:4 (NKJV)

Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those who seek and require the Lord [as their most essential need] rejoice. Seek and deeply long for the Lord and His strength [His power, His might]; Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually.
Psalm 105:3-4 (Amplified Bible)

May all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation say continually, The Lord is magnified.
Psalm 40:16 (MEV)

He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
Psalm 24:5-6 (ESV)

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV)

With my whole heart I seek You; do not allow me to wander from Your commandments. Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
Psalm 119:10-11 (MEV)

When You said, Seek My face, My heart said to You, Your face, Lord, I will seek.
Psalm 27:8 (NKJV)

Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you. Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the places to which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.
Jeremiah 29:12-14 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; those who wait on the Lord, They shall inherit the earth.
Psalm 37:7a, 9b (NKJV)

I love those who love me; those who seek me will find me.
Proverbs 8:17 (CEB)

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.
Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)

Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, Lord, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, and remembering You, is the desire of our souls. At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
Isaiah 26:8-9a (NASB)

Seek the Lord [search diligently for Him and long for Him as your most essential need] so that you may live,
Amos 5:6a (Amplified Bible)

1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.
3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.
4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with fat and abundance, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.
7 Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
8 My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.
Psalm 63:1-8 (NKJV) (Joy in the Fellowship of God)

Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Isaiah 30:18 (NKJV) (God Will Be Gracious)

        - Hope

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 (MEV)

But as for me, I will wait and hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.
Psalm 71:14 (Amplified Bible)

The Lords acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, says my soul, Therefore I [hope in] wait for Him.
Lamentations 3:22-24 (NASB)

For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NASB)

To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Colossians 1:27 (NKJV)

For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, through perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
Romans 8:24-25 (NASB)

rejoicing in hope, patient [persevering] in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
Romans 12:12 (NKJV)

And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces [endurance] perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Romans 5:3-5 (NKJV)

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope.
Psalm 130:5 (NKJV)

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,
Titus 1:2 (NIV)

that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 3:7 (NKJV)

For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Galatians 5:5 (NKJV)

Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:13 (NASB)

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
1 John 3:2-3 (NKJV)

Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Titus 2:13 (KJV)

For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth.
Psalm 71:5 (NKJV)

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy,
Psalm 33:18 (NKJV)

And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
Psalm 39:7 (NASB)

Back to top of page

8) Walk With Our Lord

 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah was a just man, [having integrity] perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:8-9b (NKJV) (Noah Pleases God)

For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV)

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:6-7 (NKJV)

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV)

that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
1 Thessalonians 2:12 (NKJV)

I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
3 John 4 (NASB)

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
Colossians 2:6-7 (NKJV)

You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Deuteronomy 13:4 (NKJV)

He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy [lovingkindness], And to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 (NKJV)

Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.
Deuteronomy 8:6 (NKJV)

Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
Psalm 86:11-12 (NKJV)

The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.
Psalm 37:23 (NLT)

I am the Lord your God; walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and observe them. Sanctify My Sabbaths and keep them holy; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord your God.
Ezekiel 20:19-20 (Amplified Bible)

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth shall go before Your presence. Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your presence.
Psalm 89:14-15 (MEV)

But take careful heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Joshua 22:5 (NKJV)

And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (NKJV)

But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV)

I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way [a road they do not know]; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
Isaiah 42:16 (NET)

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16:11 (ESV)

I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.
Leviticus 26:12-13 (NKJV)

        - Trust in the Lord

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV)

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord we have an everlasting rock.
Isaiah 26:3-4 (MEV)

In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.
Psalm 25:1 (NIV)

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.
Psalm 91:1-2 (NKJV) (Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God)

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.
Psalm 9:10 (NASB)

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose trust is the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:7 (NASB)

But as for me, I trust in You, Lord, I say, You are my God.
Psalm 31:14 (NASB)

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
Psalm 28:7 (NIV)

Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your hearts before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Psalm 62:8 (NASB)

Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.
Psalm 37:4-5 (NKJV)

Let me hear Your faithfulness in the morning, For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143:8 (NASB)

For this is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.
Isaiah 30:15a (NASB)

Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your hearts before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Psalm 62:8 (NASB)

Back to top of page

9) Be Obedient to God

 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, I know Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
1 John 2:3-6 (NKJV) (The Test of Knowing Him)

He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him], I shall show the salvation of God.
Psalm 50:23 (Amplified Bible)

        - Obey God

But this is what I commanded them, saying, Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.
Jeremiah 7:23 (NKJV)

This day the Lord your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. Today you have proclaimed the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice. Also today the Lord has proclaimed you to be His special people, just as He promised you, that you should keep all His commandments,
Deuteronomy 26:16-18 (NKJV)

See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.
Deuteronomy 30:15-16 (NKJV)

The person who has my commandments and obeys them, that one is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.
John 14:21 (NET)

Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
John 14:23 (NKJV)

And whatever we ask, we will receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
1 John 3:22 (MEV)

If you love Me, keep My commandments.
John 14:15 (NKJV)

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
1 John 2:3 (NKJV)

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:7 (NKJV)

But Samuel replied, What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22 (NLT)

Now all has been heard. Let us hear the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 (MEV)

        - Offer a Sacrifice of Praise to God

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
Hebrews 13:14-16 (ESV)

Coming to Him as to a living stone who is rejected by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house as a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:4-5 (MEV)

Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
Psalm 50:14 (NIV)

I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the Lord.
Psalm 116:17 (NKJV)

He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who sets his way properly I will show the salvation of God.
Psalm 50:23 (NASB)

I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving. This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves.
Psalm 69:30-31 (NKJV)

Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works with rejoicing.
Psalm 107:22 (NKJV)

O Lord, take away our sins; be gracious to us and receive us, and we will offer you the sacrifice of praise.
Hosea 14:2b (Living Bible)

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them; You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word]; Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require. Then I said, Behold, I come [to the throne]; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.
Psalm 40:6-8 (Amplified Bible)

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.
Psalm 51:16-17 (Amplified Bible)

And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love ones neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Mark 12:33 (NKJV)

Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Psalm 141:2 (NKJV)

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Psalm 146:1-2

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:1 (NKJV) (Living Sacrifices to God)

Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Ephesians 5:1-2 (NKJV) (Walk in Love)

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Psalm 95:1-2 (NKJV)

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.
Psalm 34:1-3 (NKJV) (The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God)

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 (NKJV)

Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord God, know Your servant. For Your words sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them. Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 Samuel 7:20-22 (NKJV)

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth shall go before Your presence. Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your presence.
Psalm 89:14-15 (MEV)

And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?
Deuteronomy 10:12-13 (NKJV)

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
Exodus 19:5 (NKJV)

You are my witnesses, declares the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior.
Isaiah 43:10-11 (ESV)

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
Ephesians 1:17 (NIV)

For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Colossians 1:9-12 (NKJV) (Preeminence of Christ)

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:23-24 (NKJV)

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth shall go before Your presence. Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your presence.
Psalm 89:14-15 (MEV)

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.
Psalm 139:17-18 (NKJV)

Back to top of page

10) Our Great and Mighty God

 And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
Luke 1:46-47, 49 (MEV)

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:17 (NKJV)

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. Now therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name.
1 Chronicles 29:11-13 (NKJV)

        - Our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace

For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6 (NASB)

And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the childrens children to the third and the fourth generation.
Exodus 34:6-7 (NKJV) (Gods Heart and Compassionate Character)

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 3:16-17 (NKJV)

Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart.
Job 36:5 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

O Lord God, I cried out; O great and awesome God who keeps his promises and is so loving and kind to those who love and obey him! Hear my prayer!
Nehemiah 1:5 (Living Bible)

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable [Beyond our understanding].
Psalm 145:3 (NKJV)

Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too difficult for You.
Jeremiah 32:17 (NKJV)

Many, Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is no one to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.
Psalm 40:5 (NASB)

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. Now therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name.
1 Chronicles 29:11-13 (NKJV)

You alone are the Lord. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and You preserve them all. And the host of heaven worships You.
Nehemiah 9:6 (MEV)

Now what more can David say to You? For You, Lord God, know Your servant. For Your words sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things, to make Your servant know them. Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2 Samuel 7:20-22 (NKJV)

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear Him, and His righteousness to childrens children, to those who keep His covenant, and to those who remember to do His commandments. The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, and His kingdom rules over all.
Psalm 103:17-19 (MEV)

For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9 (NKJV)

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.
Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)

O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Isaiah 25:1 (NKJV) (Praise to God)

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Psalm 46:10 (NKJV)

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand.
Psalm 95:6-7 (NKJV)

        - Worship God in Spirit and Truth

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:23-24 (NKJV)

However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
John 16:13 (NKJV)

Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
John 17:17 (NKJV)

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14 (NKJV)

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:15 (NKJV)

And those who are Christs have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians 5:24-25 (NKJV)

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16 (NKJV) (Walking in the Spirit)

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.
Hebrews 12:28-29 (NKJV)

All nations whom You have made Shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify Your name. For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.
Psalm 86:9-10 (NKJV)

I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people.
Psalm 35:18 (MEV)

1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.
3 Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.
Psalm 100 (NKJV) (A Song of Praise for the Lords Faithfulness to His People)

        - To This One I Will Look

For all these things My hand has made, So all these things came into being [by and for Me], declares the Lord. But to this one I will look [graciously], To him who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who [reverently] trembles at My word and honors My commands.
Isaiah 66:2 (Amplified Bible)

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah 57:15 (NKJV)

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.
Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)

But as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
1 Corinthians 2:9 (NKJV)

The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.
2 Chronicles 16:9a (NLT)

This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers And the decision is a command of the holy ones, So that the living may know [without any doubt] That the Most High [God] rules over the kingdom of mankind And He bestows it on whomever He desires And sets over it the humblest and lowliest of men.
Daniel 4:17 (Amplified Bible) (Nebuchadnezzars dream)

Back to top of page

11) Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

 This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save us, we ask You, O Lord; O Lord, we ask You, send now success. Blessed be he that comes in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
Psalm 118:24-26 (MEV) (Hosanna - Save us, O Lord)

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 150:6 (NKJV)

Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Psalm 103:1 (NKJV)

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Psalm 146:1-2 (NKJV) (Praise the Lord)

And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; It shall rejoice in His salvation.
Psalm 35:9 (NKJV)

        - God is Holy and Worthy of Our Praise

And one (seraphim) cried to another and said: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!
Isaiah 6:3 (NKJV)

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.
Revelation 4:8b (NASB)

You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.
Revelation 4:11 (NKJV)

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice: Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing! And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!
Revelation 5:11-13 (NKJV)

They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!
Revelation 15:3 (NKJV)

I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever [with grateful, affectionate praise]. Every day [with its new reasons] will I bless You [affectionately and gratefully praise You]; yes, I will praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord and highly to be praised; and His greatness is [so vast and deep as to be] unsearchable.
Psalm 145:1-3 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is also to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and gladness are in His place. Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples, Give to the Lord glory and strength. Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
1 Chronicles 16:25-29 (NKJV)

Let them praise Your great name. It is to be honored with fear. He is holy!
Psalm 99:3 (NLV)

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 1:17 (NKJV)

        - Enter His Gates with a Song of Thanksgiving and His Courts with Praise

Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name.
Psalm 100:4 (Amplified Bible)

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Psalm 95:1-2 (NKJV)

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand.
Psalm 95:6-7 (NKJV)

I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will declare all Your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
Psalm 9:1-2 (MEV)

Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 106:1 (NKJV)

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!
Psalm 107:1 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
Psalm 69:30 (NKJV)

Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; Talk of all His wondrous works! Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
1 Chronicles 16:8-10 (NKJV)

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:34 (NKJV)

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NKJV)

speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 5:19-20 (NKJV)

        - Praise the Lord

And Mary said: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
Luke 1:46-47, 49 (MEV)

This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 (NASB)

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 150:6 (NKJV)

Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His name!
Psalm 103:1 (NKJV)

Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting, His faithfulness [endures] to all generations.
Psalm 100:4-5 (Amplified Bible)

And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; It shall rejoice in His salvation.
Psalm 35:9 (NKJV)

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
Psalm 28:7 (NIV)

I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. I will rejoice and be jubilant in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
Psalm 9:1-2 (NASB)

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.
Psalm 34:1-3 (NKJV) (The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God)

O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Isaiah 25:1 (NKJV) (Praise to God)

Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my meditation. Give heed to the voice of my cry, My King and my God, For to You I will pray. My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up.
Psalm 5:1-3 (NKJV)

I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
Psalm 7:17 (NASB)

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 19:1-2 (NKJV)

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 (NKJV)

I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalm 34:1 (NKJV)

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
Psalm 34:8 (NKJV)

Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.
Psalm 37:4-5 (NKJV)

He says, Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain.
Psalm 48:1 (NKJV) (The Glory of God in Zion)

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And may those who love Your salvation say continually, May God be exalted!
Psalm 70:4 (NASB)

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Psalm 86:12 (KJV)

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Psalm 95:1-2 (NKJV) (A Call to Worship and Obedience)

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand.
Psalm 95:6-7 (NKJV)

Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 106:1 (NKJV)

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 107:1 (NKJV)

Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Praise Him, all you peoples! For His merciful kindness is great toward us, And the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 117 (NKJV) (Let All Peoples Praise the Lord)

Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; for in You I have my trust; cause me to know the way I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto You.
Psalm 143:8 (MEV)

I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever [with grateful, affectionate praise].
Psalm 145:1 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition) (A Psalm of praise, of David)

I will praise You, my God, O King; And I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is beyond our understanding. One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts.
Psalm 145:1-4 (NKJV) (A Praise of David)

My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, And all flesh shall bless His holy name Forever and ever.
Psalm 145:21 (NKJV)

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Psalm 146:1-2 (NKJV) (Praise the Lord)

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts!
Psalm 148:1-2 (NKJV)

And one (seraphim) cried to another and said: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!
Isaiah 6:3 (NKJV)

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.
Revelation 4:8b (NASB)

Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.
Revelation 4:11 (NASB)

After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
Revelation 19:1 (NKJV)

And again they shouted: Hallelujah!
Revelation 19:3a (NIV)

The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried: Amen, Hallelujah!
Revelation 19:4 (NIV)

Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has prepared herself.
Revelation 19:6-7 (NASB) (Marriage of the Lamb)

Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 13:20-21 (NKJV) (Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell)

Back to top of page

12) To Know God

 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV)

Therefore, brethren, having boldness [confidence] to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:19-22 (NKJV) (Hold Fast Your Confession)

Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NKJV)

I don't want your sacrifices - I want your love; I don't want your offerings - I want you to know me.
Hosea 6:6 (Living Bible) (God says, I want your love, I want you to know Me.)

        - To Know Our Heavenly Father

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Psalm 46:10 (NKJV)

And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.
John 17:3 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
Philippians 3:9-10 (NKJV)

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the true knowledge of Him.
Ephesians 1:17 (NASB)

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
1 John 5:20 (NKJV)

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 1:9 (NKJV)

Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Psalm 95:1-2 (NKJV)

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.
Psalm 91:1-2 (NKJV) (Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God)

How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually. (Selah) How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple.
Psalm 84:4-5 (NET)

        - Our Intimacy with God

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:20 (NKJV)

1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.
3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.
4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with fat and abundance, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.
7 Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
8 My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.
Psalm 63:1-8 (NKJV) (Joy in the Fellowship of God)

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16:11 (NKJV)

As the deer [longs for] pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms 42:1-2 (NKJV)

So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] Lord [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him].
Hosea 6:3a (Amplified Bible)

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
John 15:4-8 (NKJV)

And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
John 17:22-23 (NKJV)

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Psalm 46:10 (NKJV)

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:8 (NKJV)

        - That I May Know Him

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
John 17:3 (NKJV)

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
Ephesians 1:17 (NKJV)

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height, to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:17-19 (NKJV)

8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:8-14 (NKJV) (Pressing Toward the Goal)

Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
John 14:23 (NKJV)

17) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
18) the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19) and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
20) which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21) far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22) And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23) which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 1:17-23 (NKJV)

For all these things My hand has made, So all these things came into being [by and for Me], declares the Lord. But to this one I will look [graciously], To him who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who [reverently] trembles at My word and honors My commands.
Isaiah 66:2 (Amplified Bible)

And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
1 Chronicles 28:9 (NLT)

Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people. And He said, My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. Then he said to Him, If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.
Exodus 33:13-15 (NKJV)

Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:23-24 (MEV)

At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place. Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
Job 37:1-2 (NKJV)

        - To Dwell in the Secret Place of the Most High

Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Psalm 90:1-2 (NASB)

1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.
9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will [exalt him] set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 (NKJV) (Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God)

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord And to meditate in His temple. For on the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle [shelter]; He will hide me in the secret place of His tent; He will lift me up on a rock.
Psalm 27:4-5 (NASB)

For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against the enemy. Let me dwell in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
Psalm 61:3-4 (NASB)

As for me, you will maintain my just cause, and you will cause me to stand in your presence forever.
Psalm 41:12 (ISV)

Hear my cry, O God: Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
Psalm 61:1-4 (NKJV)

Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise, says the Lord; I will place him in the safety for which he longs. The words and promises of the Lord are pure words, Like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
Psalm 12:5-6 (Amplified Bible)

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 (ESV)

Come, Lord Jesus!
Revelation 22:20b (NKJV) (I Am Coming Quickly)

        - To Live with Our Lord NOW and For All Eternality

Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8 (NKJV)

You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.
Psalm 16:11 (NLT)

And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
John 10:28 (NKJV)

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
1 John 5:11 (NKJV)

And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.
John 17:3 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)

Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.
Revelation 19:7 (NKJV)

And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
Revelation 21:3 (NKJV)

One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the Lord And to meditate in His temple.
Psalm 27:4 (Amplified Bible)

As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.
Psalm 17:15 (NKJV)

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
Psalm 23:6 (NKJV)

and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord!
1 Thessalonians 4:17b (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition)


Praise the Lord! Thank You Jesus!
This is ONLY possible because of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - Praise the Lord!
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
Glory be to God our Father Who does great thing for us, His children! Praise the Lord!

Back to top of page

Return to ByTheGraceOfGod.us