Circumcise Your Heart

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

To the choirmaster. Of David, the servant of the Lord.

Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;