28 Bible Verses about Right Desires
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Now, you have surely gone because you desperately longed for the house of your father, [but] why did you steal my gods?"
And he said to them, "{I have earnestly desired} to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
and now, no longer having a place in these regions, but having a desire for many years to come to you
But [when] we were made orphans by separation from you, brothers, for {a short time} (in face, not in heart), [we were] even more eager with great desire to see your face,
For I desire to see you, in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to strengthen you,
But now, [because] Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that {you always think kindly of us}, desiring to see us just as also we [desire to see] you,
And [when] Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see some miracle performed by him.
For what I am doing I do not understand, because what I want [to do], this I do not practice, but what I hate, this I do. But if what I do not want [to do], this I do, I agree with the law that [it is] good.
For the good that I want [to do], I do not do, but the evil that I do not want [to do], this I do.
And so, having as my ambition to proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, in order that I will not build on the foundation belonging to someone else,
Now I want you all to speak with tongues, but even more that you may prophesy. The one who prophesies [is] greater than the one who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, in order that the church may receive edification.
For indeed, in this [house] we groan, [because we] desire to put on our dwelling from heaven,
and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort [with] which he was comforted among you, [because he] reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.
And I am giving an opinion in this [matter], because this is profitable for you who not only began previously, a year ago, to do [something], but also to want [to do it].
So now also complete the doing [of it], in order that just as [you have] the eagerness to want [to do it], thus also [you may] complete [it] from [what you] have.
And indeed, all those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
So [after] they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you--Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?"
And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your kingdom."
And Jesus stopped, called them, and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"
And Jesus answered him [and] said, "What do you want {me to do} for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Rabboni, that I may regain [my] sight."
Then Jesus answered [and] said to her, "O woman, your faith [is] great! Let it be done for you as you want." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
in this way, the girl goes to the king and all that she asks is given to her {to take} with her from the {harem} to the {king's palace}.
Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them [is] for [their] salvation.
"Speak to the {Israelites}, and let them bring to me a contribution. You will receive my contribution from every man whose heart prompts him.
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