I will answer them before they even call to me.

While they are still talking about their needs,

I will go ahead and answer their prayers!

Isaiah 65:24

Oh, that you would burst from the heavens

and come down!

How the mountains would quake in your presence!

For since the world began,

no ear has heard

and no eye has seen a God like you,

who works for those who wait for him!

…Oh LORD,

you are our Father.

We are the clay,

and you are the potter.

We all are formed by your hand.

Isaiah 65:1, 4, 8

…pray day and night,

continually.

Take no rest,

all you who pray to the LORD.

Isaiah 62:6

The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,

the Holy One, says this:

“I live in the high and holy place

with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.

I restore the crushed spirit of the humble

and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.

Isaiah 57:15

This is what the LORD says:

“Be just and fair to all.

do what is right and good,

for I am coming soon to rescue you

and to display my righteousness among you.

Blessed are all those

who are careful to do this…”

Isaiah 56:1-2

“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,”

says the LORD.

“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so my ways are higher than your ways

and my thoughts higher than your thoughts”

Isaiah 55:8-9

“At that time Michael, 

the archangel who stands guard over your nation, 

will arise. 

Then there will be a time of anguish greater 

than any since nations first came into existence. 

But at that time every one of your people 

whose name is written in the book will be rescued. 

Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, 

some to everlasting life 

and some to shame and everlasting disgrace. 

Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, 

and those who lead many to righteousness 

will shine like the stars forever. 

But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; 

seal up the book until the time of the end, 

when many will rush here and there, 

and knowledge will increase.”

Daniel 12:1-4

But I am trusting you, O LORD,

saying, “You are my God!”

My future is in your hands…

Psalm 31:14-15

All of us must die eventually.

Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground,

which cannot be gathered up again.

But God does not just sweep life away;

instead, he devises ways to bring us back

when we have been separated from him.

2 Samuel 14:14

…we urge you to warn those who are lazy.

Encourage those who are timid.

Take tender care of those who are weak.

Be patient with everyone.

See that no one pays back evil for evil,

but always try to do good to each other and to all people.

1 Thessalonians 5:14-15