06-01-2010, 11:13 PM
:heartbeat::heartbeat: Psalms 11:4 :heartbeat::heartbeat:
4 The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD’s throne is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
5 The LORD tests the righteous,
but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6 Let him rain coals on the wicked;
fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds;
the upright shall behold his face. [ESV]
2 Chronicles 16:9a
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him.
Psalm 33:18-22
Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in you.
Proverbs 5:21
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."(Psalm 34:15)
:heartbeat: Our Heavenly Father keeps watch over us --- and we lift up our eyes to meet His loving gaze!:love:
Psalm 123:1
[ Our Eyes Look to the LORD Our God ] A Song of Ascents. To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
There is a Righteous One who was especially followed by God's eyes -
:love: Isaiah 49:5-6
And now the LORD says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him— for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD, and my God has become my strength— he says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth."
:heartbeat: John 11:41
So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me."
:heartbeat: John 17:1-3
[ The High Priestly Prayer ] When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Lots of love from
Your sister in Christ, Willa :heartbeat: