I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.
You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
He delivers the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ear by adversity. He also allured you out of distress into a broad place where there was no cramping, and what was set on your table was full of fatness.
that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
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