Oh How We Need Jesus.

1 I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: And their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the Lord encampeth Round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints: For there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

The Lord when we seek him changes the way we act and treat others

1 Peter 3:8–13 KJV 1900

8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

1 Peter 3:10 KJV 1900

10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

guile:

:to decoy; comp. 1185); a trick (bait), i.e. (fig.) wile:—craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.

Strong, J. (2009). In A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible (Vol. 1, p. 24).

1 Peter 4:18 KJV 1900

18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

scarcely

Toil with difficulty:—hardly, scarce (-ly), + with much work.

Strong, J. (2009). In A Concise Dictionary

Acts 3:19 KJV 1900

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

President Calvin Coolidge returned home from attending church early one Sunday afternoon. He was asked by his wife what the minister spoke on.

“Sin,” Coolidge replied.

Wanting to know more, she pressed him for some words of explanation.

Being a man of few words (as only you wives can appreciate), Coolidge responded, “I think he was against it.”

Titus 2:11–14 KJV 1900

11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Proverbs 16:1–9 KJV 1900

1 The preparations of the heart in man, And the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But the Lord weigheth the spirits. 3 Commit thy works unto the Lord, And thy thoughts shall be established. 4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: And by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. 7 When a man’s ways please the Lord, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 8 Better is a little with righteousness Than great revenues without right. 9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: But the Lord directeth his steps.

Preparations

A Concise Dictionary of the Words in the Greek Testament and The Hebrew Bible 4633. מַעֲרָךְ