Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his presence continually.

Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long.

You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

The spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
He went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law;
but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
In those times it was not safe for anyone to go or come, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands.
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation and city against city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress.
But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded."
When Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing as aliens with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
They sacrificed to the Lord on that day, from the booty that they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.
Whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.
They took an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.
All Judah rejoiced over the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
King Asa even removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.
But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was true all his days.
He brought into the house of God the votive gifts of his father and his own votive gifts-silver, gold, and utensils.
And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.

By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with all of you.

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually.

The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he not leave us or abandon us,

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

"I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.

Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near;

No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

cure the sick who are there, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'

Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

He was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.