Psalm 63:7

Psalm 63:7 (ESV)
for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

Promise Keeper verse

Joshua 24:15 (ESV)
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

OT suggestion to love God

Joshua 23:11 (ESV)
Be very careful, therefore, to love the Lord your God.

Mark 13:31

Mark 13:31 (ESV)
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Romans 6:23

Romans 6:23 (NLT)
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Metaphor vs. Literal

Micah 4:1 (ESV)
It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it,

Malachi 3:10

Malachi 3:10 (ESV)
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Philippians 3:10-11

Philippians 3:10-11 (ESV)
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

He's in control

Ephesians 1:11 (ESV)
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

Ephesians 1:13 (ESV)
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,

Ephesians 1:6-7

Ephesians 1:6-7 (ESV)
to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 1:5

Ephesians 1:5 (ESV)
he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

Ephesians 1:4

Ephesians 1:4 (ESV)
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love

Colossians 1:28

Colossians 1:28 (ESV)
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Life of "average" believer

Colossians 1:24-29 (NLT)
I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.

What??...Oh, OK.

Numbers 21:16 (ESV)
And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people together, so that I may give them water."

Bold thing to ask

Psalm 39:4 (ESV)
"O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

John 8:31-32

John 8:31-32 (ESV)
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

Acts 17:28

Acts 17:28 (ESV)
for "'In him we live and move and have our being'; as even some of your own poets have said, "'For we are indeed his offspring.'

Benediction blessing

Numbers 6:24-26 (ESV)
The Lord bless you and keep you;

Psalm 34:4

Psalm 34:4 (ESV)
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Mourning into dancing

Psalm 30:11-12 (ESV)
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

Leviticus 3:16

Leviticus 3:16 (ESV)
And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord's.

Leviticus 2:13

Leviticus 2:13 (ESV)
You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

Exodus 34:6-7

Exodus 34:6-7 (ESV)
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Exodus 32:22

Exodus 32:22 (ESV)
And Aaron said, "Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.