Luke 2:37
and then being a widow even for fourscore and four years. She departed not from the temple, but worshiped with the fasting and prayer, night and day.
2 Corinthians 3:18
And we all, with unveiled faces, reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are ourselves continually being transformed into the same likeness, from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
Matthew 6:33
"But continue to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 7:7-8
"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Luke 11:9-10
"So I say to you. "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
Luke 13:24
"Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able,
Luke 18:1
He also taught them by a parable how they ought always to pray and never to lose heart.
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God who said, "Out of darkness light shall shine," is he who has shone in my heart, that the sunrise of the knowledge of God may shine forth in the face of Christ.
Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I do not regard myself to have yet laid hold of it; but this one thing I do, forgetting what is behind me, but straining every nerve toward that which lies ahead,
1 Timothy 5:5
Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has fixed her hope on God, and devotes herself to supplications and prayers, day and night.
Hebrews 11:6
now without faith it is impossible to please him; for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he ever rewards those who are seeking.
Luke 10:42
"only one thing is really necessary. Mary, moreover, has chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her."