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So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened… Ezra 8:23

So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.
Ezra 8:23 fasting prayer
Rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord, your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,
and relents from punishing.
Joel 2:13 heart grace love

Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Luke 6:37 judgment forgiveness
Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:9 peace listening learning
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:24 truth worship Spirit
Trust in the Lord, and do good;
so you will live in the land, and enjoy security.
Psalm 37:3 trust safety goodness
Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
Acts 13:3 blessing prayer fasting
Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.
Revelation 3:20 obedience food listening
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:29-30 humility rest learning
Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness
will find life and honor.
Proverbs 21:21 love righteousness life
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
Ephesians 5:31 marriage body sexuality
So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.
God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.
1 John 4:16 trust love God
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 God Word of God
And ‘to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love one's neighbor as oneself,’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Mark 12:33 heart mind strength
And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. And all ate and were filled. What was left over was gathered up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
Luke 9:16-17 miracles food prayer
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,
for all his works are truth,
and his ways are justice;
and he is able to bring low
those who walk in pride.
Daniel 4:37 righteousness humility worship
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18 grace worship understanding
They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.
John 14:21 law love Father
They answered, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Acts 16:31 faith salvation family
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance.
Jude 1:2 love blessing peace
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Psalm 103:8 grace love patience
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.
Proverbs 8:13 awe pride evil
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 eternal life holiness righteousness
I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.
Revelation 3:19 love life punishment
I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.
Ezekiel 36:27 Spirit law following