“I cried out
to the LORD in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you
from the land of the dead, and LORD, you heard me!
You threw me
into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The
mighty waters engulfed me; I was buried beneath your wild and stormy
waves.
Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple." (Jonah 2:2-4)
"One thing I
have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the
house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the
LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
For in the
time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of
His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock."
(Psalm 27:4-5)
"For a day
in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of
wickedness." (Psalm 84:10)
“In this you
greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have
been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith,
being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by
fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of
Jesus Christ" (I Peter 1:6-7)
