“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”  

1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)

“If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”

1 Corinthians 13:3

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 

1 Thessalonians 5:18

“I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest til he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.     

Isaiah 62:6-7

“As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses.”

Exodus 33:9 

“The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend.”

Exodus 33:11a

“He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.” 

Joshua 4:24

He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” 

Mark 9:29

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 

2 Chronicles 7:14

“I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain.” 

John 15:16