My joy (2/4)

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear… Acts 20:24

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
Acts 20:24 grace evangelism life
Yahweh is my strength and my shield.
My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped.
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices.
With my song I will thank him.
Psalm 28:7 trust worship strength

A wise son makes a glad father;
but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1 joy family wisdom
I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalm 18:1-2 salvation strength redeemer
Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17 God joy redeemer
My salvation and my honor is with God.
The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Psalm 62:7 trust God salvation
I delight to do your will, my God.
Yes, your law is within my heart.
Psalm 40:8 obedience law heart
My flesh and my heart fails,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26 strength life dependence
For you will light my lamp, Yahweh.
My God will light up my darkness.
Psalm 18:28 dependence protection light
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress.
I will not be shaken.
Psalm 62:6 trust heart protection
He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress.
I will never be greatly shaken.
Psalm 62:2 salvation protection reliability
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14 speaking prayer heart
You are my hiding place and my shield.
I hope in your word.
Psalm 119:114 hope Word of God protection
Your word is a lamp to my feet,
and a light for my path.
Psalm 119:105 Word of God light
My soul rests in God alone.
My salvation is from him.
Psalm 62:1 salvation rest soul
In my distress I called on Yahweh,
and cried to my God.
He heard my voice out of his temple.
My cry before him came into his ears.
Psalm 18:6 speaking prayer listening
Turn at my reproof.
Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you.
I will make known my words to you.
Proverbs 1:23 conversion repentance wisdom
Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry.
Don’t be silent at my tears.
For I am a stranger with you,
a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
Psalm 39:12 prayer sadness humility
My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad, even mine.
Proverbs 23:15 wisdom heart joy
Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart.
Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalm 19:8 law joy heart
I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.
Ezekiel 36:27 Spirit law following
My soul, wait in silence for God alone,
for my expectation is from him.
Psalm 62:5 soul rest hope
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
John 6:56 body blood Jesus
Lord, all my desire is before you.
My groaning is not hidden from you.
Psalm 38:9 temptation worrying sadness
I cried to him with my mouth.
He was extolled with my tongue.
Psalm 66:17 worship prayer praise

I acknowledged my sin to you.
I didn’t hide my iniquity.
I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh,
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.