May the words of my mouth

and the meditation of my heart

be pleasing to you,

O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

Psalm 19:14

I love you, LORD:

you are my strength.

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;

my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.

He is my shield, the power that saves me,

and my place of safety.

Psalm 18:1-2

I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;

I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.

I will be filled with joy because of you.

I will sing praises to your name,

O Most High.

Psalm 9:1-2

When I look at the night sky 

and see the work of your fingers—
    
the moon and the stars you set in place—
 
what are mere mortals that you should think about them,

human beings that you should care for them?

Psalm 8:3-4

Don’t store up treasures here on earth,

where moths eat them and rust destroys them,

and where thieves break in and steal.

Store your treasure in heaven,

where moths and rust cannot destroy,

and thieves do not break in and steal.

Wherever your treasure is,

there the desires of your heart will also be.

Matthew 6:19-21

“So who am I, that I should try to answer God

or even reason with him?

Even if I were right, I would have no defense.

I could only plead for mercy.

Job 9:14-15

When the Red Sea saw you, O God,

its waters looked and trembled!

The sea quaked to its very depths.

The clouds poured down rain;

the thunder rumbled in the sky.

Your arrows of lightning flashed.

Your thunder roared from the whirlwind;

the lightning lit up the world!

The earth trembled and shook.

Your road led through the sea,

your pathway through the mighty waters—

a pathway no one knew was there!

Psalm 77:16-19

Since you have been raised to new life with Christ,

set your sights on the realities of heaven,

where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand.

Think about the things of heaven,

not the things of earth…

your real life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:1-3

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,    

are only a small village among all the people of Judah.

Yet a ruler of Israel,   

 whose origins are in the distant past,    

will come from you on my behalf.

And he will stand to lead his flock with the Lord’s strength,   

in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.

Then his people will live there undisturbed,    

for he will be highly honored around the world.

 And he will be the source of peace.

Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, 

“I am the light of the world. 

If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, 

because you will have the light that leads to life.”

Micah 5:2,4; John 8:12

Don’t let anyone capture you 

with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense 

that come from human thinking

and from the spiritual powers of this world,

rather than from Christ.

For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. 

Colossians 2:8-9