Praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD from the heavens!

Praise him from the skies!

Praise him, all his angels!

Praise him, all the armies of heaven!

Praise him, sun and moon!

Praise him, all you twinkling stars!

Psalm 148:1-3

Then his people believed his promises.

Then they sang his praise.

Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done!

They wouldn’t wait for his counsel!

Psalm 106:12-13

The LORD says, “I will rescue those who love me.

I will protect those who trust in my name.

When they call on me, I will answer;

I will be with them in trouble.

I will rescue and honor them.

Psalm 91:14-15

O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood,

and I constantly tell others about

the wonderful things you do.

Now that I am old and gray

do not abandon me, O God.

Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,

your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

Psalm 71:17-18

…Guard against every kind of greed.

Life is not measured by how much you own.

Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth

but not have a rich relationship with God.

Luke 12:15, 21

Our days on earth are like grass;

like wildflowers, we bloom and die.

The wind blows, and we are gone—

as though we had never been here.

But the love of the LORD remains forever

with those who fear him.

Psalm 103:15-17

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.

For you died to this life,

and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:1-3

…you were buried with Christ when you were baptized.

And with him you were raised to new life

because you trusted the mighty power of God,

who raised Christ from the dead.

Colossians 2:12

This message was kept secret for centuries

and generations past,

but now it has been revealed to God’s people.

For God wanted them to know

that the riches and glory of Christ

are for you Gentiles, too.

And this is the secret:

Christ lives in you.

This gives you assurance of sharing his glory.

Colossians 1:26-27

…God in all his fullness

was pleased to live in Christ,

and through him God reconciled

everything to himself.

He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth

by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.

This includes you who were once far away from God.

You were his enemies, 

separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.

Yet now he has reconciled you to himself

through the death of Christ in his physical body.

As a result,

he has brought you into his own presence,

and you are holy and blameless

as you stand before him without a single fault.

Colossians 1:19-22