The doors shall be opened before me. He opens to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, and I will praise the Lord. He keeps my doors open because He opens and no one shuts. My steps shall be established in His Will. Uphold my steps in Your paths that my footsteps may not slip. In all my ways I acknowledge Him, and He will make my paths straight. My steps shall be driven forward with love for His glory. Draw me after You, let us run. I shall glorify You on the earth. I will finish the work which You have given me to do.
He will go before me and make the crooked places straight; He will break in pieces the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron.
Isaiah 45:2
2 “I will go before you and make the rough places smooth;
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.
His face shines on my paths and the angel of His presence goes before me.
Exodus 23:20
20 “Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
Exodus 33:14-15
14 And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15 Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here.
Isaiah 63:9
9 In all their affliction He was afflicted,
And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,
And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
He shall give His angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways in their hands they bear me up lest I dash my foot against a stone.
Psalm 91:11-12
11 For He will give His angels charge concerning you,
To guard you in all your ways.
12 They will bear you up in their hands,
That you do not strike your foot against a stone.
He shall put a hedge around my paths. My path shall be a highway of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray. No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; it shall not be found there; But the redeemed shall walk there.
Isaiah 35:8-9
8 A highway will be there, a roadway,
And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean will not travel on it,
But it will be for him who walks that way,
And fools will not wander on it.
9 No lion will be there,
Nor will any vicious beast go up on it;
These will not be found there.
But the redeemed will walk there,
The doors shall be opened before me.
Psalm 24:7,9
7 Lift up your heads, O gates,
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
9 Lift up your heads, O gates,
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in!
He opens to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, and I will praise the Lord.
Psalm 118:19
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.
He keeps my doors open because He opens and no one shuts.
Revelation 3:7-8
7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:
8 ‘I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name.
My steps shall be established in His Will.
Psalm 37:23
23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way.
1 Peter 2:21
21 For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,
Uphold my steps in Your paths that my footsteps may not slip.
Psalm 17:5
5 My steps have held fast to Your paths.
My feet have not slipped.
In all my ways I acknowledge Him, and He will make my paths straight.
Proverbs 3:6
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.
My steps shall be driven forward with love for His glory.
Ephesians 1:4-6
4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
1 John 2:5-7
5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: 6 the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.7 Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
(The old commandment is the commandment of love)
Draw me after You, let us run.
Song of Solomon 1:4
4 “Draw me after you and let us run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
“We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
I shall glorify You on the earth. I will finish the work which You have given me to do.
John 17:4
4 I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.
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