Psalms 25:10
25:10 The Lord always proves faithful and reliable
to those who follow the demands of his covenant.
Psalms 37:4
37:4 Then you will take delight in the Lord,
and he will answer your prayers.
Psalms 112:1
Psalm 112
112:1 Praise the Lord!
How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord,
who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
Acts 10:2-4
10:2 He
was a devout, God-fearing man,
as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people
and prayed to God regularly.
10:3 About three o’clock one afternoon
he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God
who came in
and said to him, “Cornelius.”
10:4 Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius
replied,
“What is it, Lord?” The angel
said to him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity
have gone up as a memorial
before God.
Acts 10:35
10:35 but in every nation
the person who fears him
and does what is right
is welcomed before him.
Philippians 3:13-15
3:13 Brothers and sisters,
I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded:
Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,
3:14 with this goal in mind,
I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God
in Christ Jesus.
3:15 Therefore let those of us who are “perfect” embrace this point of view.
If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.