I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place where your glory dwells.

but just one is needed. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it will not be taken away from her."

Of course, my friends, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.

When you said, "Come worship me," I answered, "I will come, LORD."

You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.

And I prayed earnestly to the Lord God, pleading with him, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and sitting in ashes.

Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.

"Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks will receive, and anyone who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to those who knock.

And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

For those who ask will receive, and those who seek will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks.

"Do your best to go in through the narrow door; because many people will surely try to go in but will not be able.

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.

No one can please God without faith, for whoever comes to God must have faith that God exists and rewards those who seek him.

I know that your goodness and love will be with me all my life; and your house will be my home as long as I live.

LORD, I wash my hands to show that I am innocent and march in worship around your altar.

Happy are those whom you choose, whom you bring to live in your sanctuary. We shall be satisfied with the good things of your house, the blessings of your sacred Temple.

How happy are those who live in your Temple, always singing praise to you.

One day spent in your Temple is better than a thousand anywhere else; I would rather stand at the gate of the house of my God than live in the homes of the wicked.

Hannah made a solemn promise: " LORD Almighty, look at me, your servant! See my trouble and remember me! Don't forget me! If you give me a son, I promise that I will dedicate him to you for his whole life and that he will never have his hair cut."

(SEE 2:36)

A widow who is all alone, with no one to take care of her, has placed her hope in God and continues to pray and ask him for his help night and day.

God shines from Zion, the city perfect in its beauty.

Let me see you in the sanctuary; let me see how mighty and glorious you are.

Lord our God, may your blessings be with us. Give us success in all we do!

Rejoice, rejoice, people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey--- on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

All of us, then, reflect the glory of the Lord with uncovered faces; and that same glory, coming from the Lord, who is the Spirit, transforms us into his likeness in an ever greater degree of glory.

The God who said, "Out of darkness the light shall shine!" is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God's glory shining in the face of Christ.

Let me see you in the sanctuary; let me see how mighty and glorious you are.

I will give you thanks as long as I live; I will raise my hands to you in prayer.

Ahimelech asked the LORD what David should do, and then he gave David some food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine."

David asked the LORD, "Shall I go after those raiders? And will I catch them?" He answered, "Go after them; you will catch them and rescue the captives."

During David's reign there was a severe famine which lasted for three full years. So David consulted the LORD about it, and the LORD said, "Saul and his family are guilty of murder; he put the people of Gibeon to death."

Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He disobeyed the LORD's commands; he tried to find guidance by consulting the spirits of the dead

instead of consulting the LORD. So the LORD killed him and gave control of the kingdom to David son of Jesse.