Be Thankful NKJV


Colossians 3:12-17 Therefore, as the elect of god, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any one has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.

But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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

1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,                                                                     

to an inheritance incorruptible and undefied and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.                                                                

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,                      

that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

whom having not seen you love.  Though ow you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,                                                                         

Receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls.

Ephesians 1:3-14 Blessed be the God and Father of pur Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,                                               

just as He choose us on Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,                                                                                     

having predestined is to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,               

to the praise of the glory  of his grace, by which He made us accepted on the beloved.                                                               

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace           

which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,                                                                                 

having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,          

that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things  on Christ, both which are on heaven and which are on earth--in Him.                             

In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,                           

that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of his glory.                                                                                           

In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word  of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,               

Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.