“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”

Psalm 27:14 New International Version

“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.^.  For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.  When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory^.  Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.”

Colossians 3:2-5 New International Version

“Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.  Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart.”

Psalm 119:1-2 New International Version

“I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Luke 5:32 New International Version

“Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion.  For I am coming, and I will live among you,” declares the Lord.

Zechariah 2:10 New International Version

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

John 14:27 New International Version

So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”  Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

Galatians 3:6-7 New International Version

“Now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?”

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 New International Version

“But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.”

Psalm 3:3 New International Version

“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness.  Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”

2 Peter 3:9 New International Version