Psalms 65:4
65:4 How blessed is the one whom you choose,
and allow to live in your palace courts.
May we be satisfied with the good things of your house –
your holy palace.
Psalms 84:10
84:10 Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better
than spending a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God
than live in the tents of the wicked.
Psalms 116:7
116:7 Rest once more, my soul,
for the Lord has vindicated you.
Lamentations 3:25-26
ט (Tet)
3:25 The Lord is good to those who trust in him,
to the one who seeks him.
3:26 It is good to wait patiently
for deliverance from the Lord.
Luke 15:17-20
15:17 But when he came to his senses
he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food
enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
15:18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned
against heaven
and against
you.
15:19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me
like one of your hired workers.”’
15:20 So
he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home
his father saw him, and his heart went out to him;
he ran and hugged
his son
and kissed him.
Hebrews 10:19-22
Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith
10:19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,
10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
James 4:8
4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
James 4:1
Passions and Pride
4:1 Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
James 3:18
3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness
is planted
in peace among
those who make peace.