From Last Week's Lectionary Readings / by Dale Decker

But this is the covenant that I will make with the House of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people… I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. (Jeremiah 31)

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you will make me know wisdom. (Psalm 51)

…though he was a son, yet he learned obedience by the things which he suffered. And having been perfected, he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him… (Hebrews 5)

If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, him my Father will honor. (John 12)