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Rahab

Joshua 2:1 (NIV)
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. "Go, look over the land," he said, "especially Jericho." So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

Keep the Law

Joshua 1:8 (NIV)
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

He will never leave me

Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV)
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

Bring me back

Deuteronomy 30:4 (NIV)
Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

Parents forsake me

Psalm 27:10 (NIV)
Though my father and mother forsake me, the lord will receive me.

Who shall I fear

Psalm 27:1 (NIV)
The lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?

Heart's desire

Psalm 21:2 (NIV)
You have granted him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips.

Victory

Psalm 20:6 (NIV)
Now this I know: The lord gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand.

Desires of heart

Psalm 20:4 (NIV)
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Someone will pay

Exodus 34:7 (NIV)
maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation."

Why ask why

Exodus 33:19 (NIV)
And the lord said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

Joy in the morning

Psalm 30:5 (NIV)
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

Commit my spirit

Psalm 31:5 (NIV)
Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, lord, my faithful God.

Taste and See

Psalm 34:8 (NIV)
Taste and see that the lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

Bread Alone

Deuteronomy 8:3 (NIV)
He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the lord.

Blessings for Obedience

Deuteronomy 28:11 (NIV)
The lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.

War and newly weds

Deuteronomy 24:5 (NIV)
If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.

Promise to God

Deuteronomy 23:23 (NIV)
Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the lord your God with your own mouth.

Closing thoughts to prayer

Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.