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For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere… Psalm 84:10

For a day in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 84:10 sin nearness
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
1 John 4:13 God Spirit nearness

For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:1 body life death
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 10:3 life understanding world
Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life;
he who despises his ways will die.
Proverbs 19:16 law eternal life sin
In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 4:8 safety rest peace
Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.
Deuteronomy 4:40 law obedience blessing
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:12 God blessing family
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:2 love sacrifice Jesus
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 6:14 sin grace law
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
1 John 4:16 trust love God
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:8 sin dependence desires
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16 sin Spirit desires
I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I set your rules before me.
Psalm 119:30 faith law truth
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
Matthew 3:8 conversion repentance life
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91:1-2 trust safety rest
For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another, if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.
Jeremiah 7:5-7 conversion widows orphans
One thing have I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire in his temple.
Psalm 27:4 love God nearness
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
1 John 4:15 Jesus life acknowledging
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Galatians 6:8 sin eternal life Spirit
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.
Leviticus 23:3 sabbath
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:33 righteousness food kingdom
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Hebrews 12:14 holiness peace life
Teach me your way, O Lord,
that I may walk in your truth;
unite my heart to fear your name.
Psalm 86:11 learning truth reliability
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
Isaiah 57:15 holiness salvation life

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.