2 Thessalonians 3:5

Paul's Prayer Request

⁴ And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing -- and will do -- what we are commanding. ⁵ Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ. ⁶ But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

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Love of God

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Messiah

1 Chronicles 29:18

O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

1 Kings 8:58

May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

Psalm 40:1

For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

Psalm 119:5

If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!

Psalm 119:36

Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.

Psalm 130:5-6

I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

Proverbs 3:6

Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

Jeremiah 10:23

Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

Jeremiah 31:33

"But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land," says the Lord. "I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the Lord.

Luke 12:36-37

be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

Romans 5:5

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Philippians 3:20-21

But our citizenship is in heaven -- and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 1:3

because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.

2 Timothy 4:8

Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day -- and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.

Titus 2:13

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 9:28

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.

Hebrews 12:2-3

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

James 1:16-18

Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 4:1

So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

2 Peter 3:12

while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze!

1 John 4:19

We love because he loved us first.

Revelation 3:10-11

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

Revelation 13:10

If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed. This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints.