Serving the Lord Christ brings God pleasure and gladness, joy, and favor for you.

“Serve [abad] the LORD with gladness [simchah]” (Ps 100:2)

“knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.” (Col 3:24)

“For it is written, You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.” (Matt 4:10)

“how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God” (1Thes 1:9)

“that you may serve the Lord without distraction.” (1Cor 7:35)

“So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water.” (Ex 23:25)

“to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul” (Deut 10:12)

“Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth” (Josh 24:14)

“do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.” (1Sam 12:20)

“So the whole assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great gladness.” (Neh 8:17)

“You have put gladness in my heart” (Ps 4:7)

“You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness” (Ps 30:11)

“Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.” (Ps 97:11)

“The hope of the righteous will be gladness” (Prov 10:28)

“The LORD your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness” (Zeph 3:17)

“So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart” (Acts 2:46)

“Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness more than Your companions.” (Heb 1:9)

“For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve” (Acts 27:23)

“For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” (Gal 5:13)

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve [diakoneo], and to give His life [psuche] a ransom for many.” (Mk 10:45)

“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth” (3Jn 1:4)

“I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart.” (Ps 40:8)

“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.” (Jn 15:10)

Reading: Ps 99-101; Rev 9