Psalm 73:28
New Living Translation
28 But as for me, how good it is to be near God!
I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter,
and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.
Psalm 40:5
New Living Translation
5 O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us.
Your plans for us are too numerous to list.
You have no equal.
If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds,
I would never come to the end of them.
James 4:8
New Living Translation
8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
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Hebrews 10:19-22
New Living Translation
A Call to Persevere
19 And so, dear brothers and sisters,[a] we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. 20 By his death,[b] Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. 21 And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, 22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
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Psalm 65:4
New Living Translation
4 What joy for those you choose to bring near,
those who live in your holy courts.
What festivities await us
inside your holy Temple.
Lamentations 3:25-26
New Living Translation
25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.
Psalm 118:17
New Living Translation
17 I will not die; instead, I will live
to tell what the Lord has done.
Psalm 71:24
New Living Translation
24 I will tell about your righteous deeds
all day long,
for everyone who tried to hurt me
has been shamed and humiliated.
1 Peter 3:18
New Living Translation
18 Christ suffered[a] for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.[b]
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Psalm 84:10
New Living Translation
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.
Luke 15:17-20
New Living Translation
17 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! 18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, 19 and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’
20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
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Psalm 116:7
New Living Translation
7 Let my soul be at rest again,
for the Lord has been good to me.
Psalm 107:22
New Living Translation
22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.
Psalm 71:17
New Living Translation
17 O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood,
and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.
Psalm 66:16
New Living Translation
16 Come and listen, all you who fear God,
and I will tell you what he did for me.
Psalm 14:6
New Living Translation
6 The wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed,
but the Lord will protect his people.
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