The most difficult command of all

Romans 12:14
Bless those who persecute you;
  bless and do not curse

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Hear my voice

Psalm 5:1-3

Give ear to my words, O Lord,
  consider my sighing.
Listen to my cry for help,
  my King and my God,
  for to you I pray.
In the morning I lay my requests before you
  and wait in expectation.

Fountain of life

Psalm 36:5-6

Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens,
  your faithfulness to the skies.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
  your justice is like the great deep.

Faithful in prayer

Romans 12:12

Be joyful in hope,
patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer.

Enduring hardship

Hebrews 12: 5b -7

"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
   and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
   and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."

Endure hardships as discipline;
God is treating you as sons.
For what son is not disciplined by his father?

Be merciful

Psalm 4:1

Answer me when I call to you,
  O my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;
  be merciful to me and hear my prayer.

My refuge

Psalm 9:9-10

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
  a stronghold in times of trouble.

Those who know your name will trust in you,
  for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

The paths of life

Acts 2:28

You have made known to me the paths of life;
   you fill me with joy in your presence.

The path of righteouness

Proverbs 4:18-19

The path of righteousness is like the first gleam of dawn,
shining ever bright till the full light of day.

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what makes them stumble.

In the shadow of your wings

Psalm 63:7

Because you are my help, Lord,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.

The Lord is my shepherd

Psalm 23: 1-2

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters.

Trust

Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the rock eternal.

Grace be to you all

2 Timothy 4:22
The Lord be with your spirit.
Grace be to you all.

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There is freedom of spirit

2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit,
and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is freedom.

Grace be to you all

2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord be with your spirit.
Grace be to you all.

As the waters cover the sea

Isaiah 11: 9b

For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.

Filled with joy

Psalm 126:3

The Lord has done great things for us,
  and we are filled with joy.

A new heart

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart
and put a new spirit in you;
I will remove from you your heart of stone
  and give you a heart of flesh.

Filled with hope

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you
with all joy and peace as you trust in him,
so that you may overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit'

Understanding, knowledge and wisdom

Isaiah 11:2

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him-
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,
the Spirit of the knowledge and the fear of the Lord