“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build…

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.