2 Thessalonians 3:5

Paul's Prayer Request

⁴ And we have faith in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things about which we give you orders. ⁵ And may your hearts be guided by the Lord into the love of God and quiet waiting for Christ. ⁶ Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.

Incline Your Heart

Jesus Christ

Love of God

O God

Christ

Jesus

Messiah

1 Chronicles 29:18

O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;

Deuteronomy 30:6

And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.

1 Kings 8:58

Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

Psalm 40:1

When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

Psalm 119:5

If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!

Psalm 119:36

Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

Jeremiah 10:23

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

Luke 12:36-37

And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

Romans 5:5

And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

Romans 8:25

But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

Romans 8:28

And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

Philippians 3:20-21

For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

1 Thessalonians 1:3

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

1 Thessalonians 1:10

Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;

2 Timothy 4:8

From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

Titus 2:13

Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

Hebrews 9:28

So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.

Hebrews 12:2-3

Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

James 1:16-18

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

James 2:5

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

1 Peter 4:1

So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;

2 Peter 3:12

Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?

1 John 4:19

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

Revelation 3:10-11

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

Revelation 13:10

If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.