Dispositions Toward God (2 of 2)

God uses scripture to teach his people what disposition they must have in the faith. This list of virtues directs the believer's heart and mind toward God. 

Joy

Affirmation

Psalm 43:3-4 KJV - "3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God."

Care

Care (Careth)

Instruction​

1 Corinthians 7:32 KJV - "But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:"

Desire

Desire (Desires/Desired/Desiredest/Desirest/Desireth/Desiring/Desirous)

Implication​

Deuteronomy 18:6-8 KJV - "6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. 8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony."

Psalm 10:17 KJV — "LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:”  

Psalm 37:4 KJV — “Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”

Psalm 145:16 KJV — “Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.”  

Psalm 145:19 KJV — “He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.”  

Affirmation

Psalm 73:25 KJV — “Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.” 

Nehemiah 1:11 KJV — “O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.”  

Testimonials

Psalm 27:4 KJV — “One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; 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 enquire in his temple.”  

2 Chronicles 15:15 KJV — “And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.”  

Acts 7:44-46 KJV - "44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. 45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; 46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob."

Hebrews 11:16 KJV — “But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”

Thirst

Thirst (Thirsty/Thirsteth/Thirsted)

Imploration​

Isaiah 55:1 KJV — “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”

John 7:37 KJV — “In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.”

Affirmation

Psalm 42:2 KJV — “My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?”

Psalm 63:1 KJV — “A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;”

Psalm 143:6 KJV — “I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.”

Wisdom

Proverbs 25:25 KJV — “As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.”

Implication

Isaiah 44:3 KJV — “For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:” 

Matthew 5:6 KJV — “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”

John 4:13-15 KJV — “13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.”

John 6:35 KJV — “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”

Delight

Delight (Delights/Delighteth/Delightest/Delighted)

Implication​

Job 22:22-26 KJV – “23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God."

Psalm 37:4 KJV - "Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."

Isaiah 58:13-14 KJV - "13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it."

Testimonials

Psalm 94:19 KJV - "In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul."

Isaiah 58:2 KJV - "Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God."

Prophetic

Malachi 3:1 KJV - "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts."

God-Ward

Testimonials

2 Corinthians 3:4 KJV — "And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:"

1 Thessalonians 1:8 KJV — "For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing."

Love

Instruction​

Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV — "And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."

Deuteronomy 10:12 KJV — "And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,"

Deuteronomy 11:1 KJV — "Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway."

Deuteronomy 30:15-16 KJV — "15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; 16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it."

Matthew 22:37 KJV — "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."

Mark 12:30 KJV — "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment." (also Mark 12:33)

Luke 10:27 KJV — "And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself."

Imploration

Deuteronomy 30:19-20 KJV - "19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

Joshua 22:5 KJV — "But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."

Joshua 23:11 KJV — "Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God."

Psalm 31:23 KJV — "O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer."

Learning

2 Thessalonians 3:5 KJV — "And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ."

Testing

Deuteronomy 13:1-3 KJV - "1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul."

Implication

Exodus 20:6 KJV — "And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments."

Deuteronomy 5:10 KJV — "And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments."

Deuteronomy 7:9 KJV — "Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;"

Deuteronomy 11:13-15 KJV - "13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full."

Deuteronomy 11:22-25 KJV - "22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; 23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. 24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you."

Deuteronomy 19:9 KJV — "If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:"

Deuteronomy 30:16 KJV — "In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it."

Judges 5:31 KJV — "So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years."

Nehemiah 1:5 KJV — "And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:"

Psalm 69:36 KJV — "The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein."

Psalm 91:14 KJV — "Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name."

Psalm 97:10 KJV — "Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked."

Psalm 119:132 KJV — "Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name."

Psalm 122:6 KJV — "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee."

Psalm 145:20 KJV — "The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy."

Proverbs 8:17 KJV — "I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me."

Proverbs 8:21 KJV — "That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures."

Isaiah 56:6-7 KJV — "Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people."

Daniel 9:4 KJV — "And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;"

1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV — "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

1 Corinthians 8:3 KJV — "But if any man love God, the same is known of him."

Ephesians 6:23-24 KJV — "23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen."

Affirmation

Psalm 18:1 KJV — "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength."

Coterie

Psalm 5:11 KJV — "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee."

Psalm 40:16 KJV — "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified."

Psalm 70:4 KJV — "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified."

Testimonials

Psalm 109:4 KJV — "For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer."

Psalm 116:1 KJV — "I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications."

John 14:30-31 KJV — "Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence."

Philemon 1:5 KJV — "Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;"

1 Peter 1:8 KJV — "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:"

Prophetic

Deuteronomy 30:1-6 KJV - "1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. 4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: 5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live."

Heart

Testimonials​

 2 Chronicles 19:3 KJV - "Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God."

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving (Thanks)

Instruction​

Leviticus 22:29 KJV - "And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will."

Psalm 50:14 KJV - "Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:"

Psalm 100:4 KJV - "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name."

Psalm 147:7 KJV - "Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:"

Imploration

Psalm 95:2 KJV - "Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms."

Psalm 107:22 KJV - "And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing."

Affirmation

Psalm 26:6-7 KJV - "I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works."

Psalm 69:30 KJV - "I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving."

Psalm 116:17 KJV - "I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD."

Jonah 2:9 KJV - "But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD."

Testimonials

Nehemiah 12:46 KJV - "For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God."

Revelation 7:11-12 KJV - "11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen."