Rend your heart and not your garments.

Return to the Lord your God, 

for He is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in love

and He relents from sending calamity.

Joel 2: 13-14

Give me understanding,

so that I may keep Your law

and obey it with all my heart.

Ps. 119:34

A heart at peace gives life to the body;

but envy rots the bones.

Prov. 14:30

What does the Lord your God ask of you

but to fear the Lord your God,

to walk in obedience to Him,

to love Him,

to serve the Lord your God 

with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deut. 10:12

He has saved us and called us to a holy life-

not because of anything we have done

but because of His own purpose and grace.

2 Tim. 1:9

...the Lord your God fights for you,

just as He promised.

So be very careful to love 

the Lord your God.

Joshua 23:10-11

This I call to mind,

and therefore I have hope:

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;

His mercies never come to an end.

Lam. 3:21-22

Be strong and courageous.

Do not be afraid;

do not be discouraged, 

for the Lord your God will be with you

wherever you go.

Joshua 1:9

Splendor and majesty are before Him;

STRENGTH and JOY are in His dwelling place. 

1 Chron. 16:27

For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth

to strengthen those whose hearts

are fully committed to Him.

2 Chron. 16:9

...according to each day's need,

so that all the peoples of the earth 

may know that the Lord is God

and that there is no other.

1 Kings 8:59-60

Not to us, Lord, not to us 

but to YOUR name be the glory,

because

of Your love and faithfulness.

Ps. 115:1

The Lord your God is with  you,

the Mighty Warrior who saves.

He will take great delight in you;

in His love He will no longer rebuke you,

but will rejoice over you with singing.

Zeph. 3:17

Then He ...said,

"According to your faith

let it be done to you."

Matt. 9:29

However, the Lord your God....

turned the curse into a blessing for you,

because the Lord your God loves you.

Deut. 23:5

Let us come into His presence with THANKSGIVING;

let us make a JOYFUL noise to Him with songs of praise!

Ps. 95:2

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;

therefore He will rise up to show you compassion.

Is. 30:18

The grass withers and the flowers fall,

but the word of our God endures forever.

Is. 40:8

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,

your sins like the morning mist.

Return to Me, 

for I have redeemed you.

Is. 44:22

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;

therefore He will rise up to show you compassion.

Is.30:18

Give me understanding, 

SO THAT 

I may keep Your law

AND

OBEY IT

with all my heart.

Ps. 119: 34