Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 30+ TLB

Galatians 4:4-5 But when the right time came, the time God decided on, he sent his Son, born of a woman, born as a Jew,

to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law so that he could adopt us as his very own sons.

Ephesians 1:11-14 Moreover, because of what Christ has done, we have become gifts to God that he delights in, for as part of God's sovereign plan we were chosen from the beginning to be his, and all things happen just as he decided long ago.

God's purpose in this was that we should praise God and give glory to him for doing these mighty things for us, who were the first to trust in Christ.

And because of what Christ did, all you others too, who heard the Good News about how to be saved, and trusted Christ, were marked as belonging to Christ by the Holy Spirit, who long ago had been promised to all of us Christians.

His presence within us is God's guarantee that he really will give us all that he promised; and the Spirit's seal upon us means that God has already purchased us and that he guarantees to bring us to himself. This is just one more reason for us to praise or glorious God.

Philippians 3:7 But all these things that I once thought very worthwhile--now I've thrown them all away so that I can put my trust and hope in Christ alone.

Hebrews 9:27-28 And just as it is destined that men die only once, and after that come judgement,

so also Christ died only once as an offering for the sins of many people; and he will come again, but not to deal again with our sins.

1 Peter 5:6-7 If you will humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, in his good time he will lift you up.

Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.