Quotes About Devotion

For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,

How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asaís heart was fully devoted all his days.

And he brought into the house of God the silver and gold articles that he and his father had dedicated.

For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”

Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,

However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seeking God.”

He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.

So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.

They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,

Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.

Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.”

And Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.

He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.