Psalms 65:4

4 aBlessed is the one you choose and bring near,
to bdwell in your courts!
We shall be csatisfied with the goodness of your house,
the holiness of your temple!

Psalms 84:10

10 For a day din your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be ea doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalms 116:7

7Return, O my soul, to your frest;
for the Lord has gdealt bountifully with you.

Lamentations 3:25-26

25 The Lord is good to those who hwait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26 iIt is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.

Luke 15:17-20

17But jwhen he kcame to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! 18I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, lI have sinned against mheaven and before you. 19 nI am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ 20And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and oran and pembraced him and qkissed him.

Hebrews 10:19-22

The Full Assurance of Faith

19 rTherefore, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters
since we have confidence to enter tthe holy places by the blood of Jesus,
20by uthe new and living way that he opened for us through vthe curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21and since we have wa great priest over the house of God, 22let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts xsprinkled clean yfrom an evil conscience and our bodies zwashed with pure water.

James 4:8

8 aaDraw near to God, and he will draw near to you. abCleanse your hands, you sinners, and acpurify your hearts, adyou double-minded.
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