Isaiah 49:8
49:8 This is what the Lord says:
“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you;
in the day of deliverance I will help you;
I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people,
to rebuild the land
and to reassign the desolate property.
Isaiah 61:2
61:2 to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor,
the day when our God will seek vengeance,
to console all who mourn,
Psalms 69:13
69:13 O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me!
O God, because of your great loyal love,
answer me with your faithful deliverance!
Luke 4:19
4:19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Romans 12:2
12:2 Do not be conformed
to this present world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve
what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:1
Consecration of the Believer’s Life
12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
Romans 2:5
2:5 But because of your stubbornness
and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!