Luke 2:37
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37 Then she lived as a widow to the age of eighty-four.[a] She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.
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- 2:37 Or She had been a widow for eighty-four years.
1 Timothy 5:5
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5 Now a true widow, a woman who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. She prays night and day, asking God for his help.
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Acts 14:23
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23 Paul and Barnabas also appointed elders in every church. With prayer and fasting, they turned the elders over to the care of the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
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Psalm 23:6
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6 Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the Lord
forever.
Psalm 27:4
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4 The one thing I ask of the Lord—
the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
delighting in the Lord’s perfections
and meditating in his Temple.
Acts 13:3
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3 So after more fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and sent them on their way.
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Acts 26:7
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7 In fact, that is why the twelve tribes of Israel zealously worship God night and day, and they share the same hope I have. Yet, Your Majesty, they accuse me for having this hope!
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Psalm 22:2
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2 Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.
Every night I lift my voice, but I find no relief.
Revelation 7:15
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15 “That is why they stand in front of God’s throne
and serve him day and night in his Temple.
And he who sits on the throne
will give them shelter.
Revelation 3:12
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12 All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write on them the name of my God, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And I will also write on them my new name.
Luke 5:33
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A Discussion about Fasting
33 One day some people said to Jesus, “John the Baptist’s disciples fast and pray regularly, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees. Why are your disciples always eating and drinking?”
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Psalm 135:1-2
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Psalm 135
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord!
Praise him, you who serve the Lord,
2 you who serve in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God.
Psalm 84:10
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10 A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
Psalm 84:4
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4 What joy for those who can live in your house,
always singing your praises. Interlude
1 Samuel 2:2
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2 No one is holy like the Lord!
There is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.
Exodus 38:8
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Building the Washbasin
8 Bezalel made the bronze washbasin and its bronze stand from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[a]
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Psalm 92:13
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13 For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house.
They flourish in the courts of our God.
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