Together, we are his house,

built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets.

And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.

We are carefully joined together in him,

becoming a holy temple for the Lord.

Ephesians 2:20-21

When I think of all this,

I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,

the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources

he will empower you with inner strength

through his Spirit.

Ephesians 3:14-16

After this I saw a vast crowd,

too great to count,

from every nation and tribe and people and language,

standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb.

They were clothed in white robes

and held palm branches in their hands.

And they were shouting with a great roar,

“Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne

and from the Lamb!”

Revelation 7:9-10

No, despite all these things,

overwhelming victory is ours through Christ,

who loved us.

Romans 8:37

And we know that God causes everything

to work together for the good

of those who love God

and are called according to his purpose for them.

Romans 8:28

Then the glory of the LORD rose up

from above the cherubim

and went over to the door of the Temple…

Then the glory of the LORD moved out

from the door of the Temple

and hovered above the cherubim.

and as I watched, 

the cherubim flew with their wheels

to the east gate of the LORD’s Temple.

And the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. 

Then the glory of the LORD went up

from the city and stopped

above the mountain to the east.

Ezekiel 10:4, 18-19; 11:3

…Christ Jesus died for us

and was raised to life for us,

and he is sitting in the place of honor

at God’s right hand, 

pleading for us.

Romans 8:34

I will never forget this awful time,

as I grieve over my loss.

Yet I still dare to hope

when I remember this:

The faithful love of the LORD never ends!

His mercies never cease.

Great is his faithfulness;

his mercies begin afresh each morning.

I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance;

therefore, I will hope in him!”

Lamentations 3:20-24

…Remember the LORD, though you are in a far-off land,

and think about your home in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 51:50

The LORD made the earth by his power,

and he preserves it by his wisdom.

with his own understanding

he stretched out the heavens.

When he speaks in the thunder,

the heavens are filled with water.

He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.

He sends the lightning with the rain

and releases the wind from his storehouses.

Jeremiah 51:15-16