2 Thessalonians 3:5

Paul's Prayer Request

⁴ We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. ⁵ May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of the Messiah. ⁶ In the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is living in idleness and not living according to the tradition that they received from us.

Incline Your Heart

Jesus Christ

Love of God

O God

Christ

Jesus

Messiah

1 Chronicles 29:18

LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep your purposes and thoughts constantly in the hearts of your people and direct their hearts toward you,

Deuteronomy 30:6

Then the LORD your God will circumcise both your hearts and those of your descendants so that you can love him with your heart and with your soul and therefore live.

1 Kings 8:58

so that he may turn our hearts toward him, so that we may live life his way, keeping his commands, statutes, and ordinances that he gave to our ancestors.

Psalm 40:1

I waited expectantly for the LORD, and he took notice of me and heard my cry.

Psalm 119:5

Oh, that my ways were steadfast, so I may keep your statutes.

Psalm 119:36

Turn my heart to your decrees and away from unjust gain.

Psalm 130:5-6

I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and I will hope in his word.

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Jeremiah 10:23

LORD, I know that a person's life is not his to control, nor does a person establish his way in life.

Jeremiah 31:33

"Rather, this is the covenant that I'll make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD. "I'll put my Law within them and will write it on their hearts. I'll be their God and they will be my people.

Lamentations 3:26

It is good to hope and wait patiently for the LORD's salvation.

Luke 12:36-37

Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him.

Romans 5:5

Now this hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not yet observe, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

Romans 8:28

And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But anyone who loves God is known by him.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Philippians 3:20-21

Our citizenship, however, is in heaven, and it is from there that we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

In the presence of our God and Father, we constantly remember how your faith is active, your love is hard at work, and your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah is enduring.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son whom he raised from the dead to come back from heaven. This Jesus is the one who rescues us from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father and our Lord Jesus provide a way for us to visit you.

2 Timothy 4:8

The victor's crown of righteousness is now waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on the day that he comes, and not only to me but also to all who eagerly wait for his appearing.

Titus 2:13

as we wait for the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.

Hebrews 9:28

so the Messiah was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people. And he will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly wait for him.

Hebrews 12:2-3

fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

James 1:16-18

Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers! God has chosen the poor in the world to become rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who keep on loving him, has he not?

1 Peter 4:1

Therefore, since the Messiah suffered in a mortal body, you, too, must arm yourselves with the same determination, because the person who has suffered in a mortal body has stopped sinning,

2 Peter 3:12

as you look forward to and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved and the elements will melt with fire.

1 John 4:19

We love because God first loved us.

Revelation 3:10-11

Because you have obeyed my command to endure, I will keep you from the hour of testing that is coming to the whole world to test those living on the earth.

Revelation 13:10

If anyone is to be taken captive, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with a sword, with a sword he will be killed. Here is a call for endurance and faith of the saints: