24 Bible Verses about Right Desires

And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

But now, since I no longer have any place for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you,

But since we were taken away from you, brethren, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face.

For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you

As I recall your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, just as we long to see you

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had desired to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.

so I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

I do not understand what I do. For I do not do what I want to do, but I do what I hate. Now if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

For I do not do the good I want to do; but the evil I do not want to do is what I do.

And so I have made it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on another man's foundation,

Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than he who speaks in tongues, unless some one interprets, so that the church may be edified.

Here indeed we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,

and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

And in this matter I give my advice: it is best for you now to complete what a year ago you began not only to do but to desire.

Now finish the work, so that your readiness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.

Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?"

And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."

And Jesus stopped and called them, saying, "What do you want me to do for you? "

And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

And Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Master, let me receive my sight."

Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.