Psalm 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. . . .

Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 103:1-2  . . . all my inmost being, praise his holy name. . . . and forget not all his benefits

Psalm 119:20, 62 My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. . . . At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.

Psalm 130:6 My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning . . .

Psalm 143:6  . . . My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land.

Isaiah 26:9 With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly . . .

Acts 9:15-16 This man [Saul/Paul] is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.

Acts 20:22-24 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

Acts 21:11-14 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’ ”
When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”

2 Corinthians 6:4-10  . . . as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

1 Peter 2:11  . . . I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.