celebrating life
What does the Bible say about celebrating life? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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11You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your countenance. At your right hand are delights, even to the end.
1A Psalm of Confession. 2Shout joyfully to God, all the earth. Serve the Lord with rejoicing. Enter into his sight in exultation. 3Know that the Lord himself is God. He made us, and we ourselves did not. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 4Enter his gates with confession, his courts with hymns, and acknowledge him. Praise his name. 5For the Lord is sweet, his mercy is in eternity, and his truth is from generation to generation.
1“Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me also. 2In my Father’s house, there are many dwelling places. If there were not, I would have told you. For I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.
24This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us exult and rejoice in it.
24Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.
38Yet truly, Peter said to them: “Do penance; and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39For the Promise is for you and for your sons, and for all who are far away: for whomever the Lord our God will have called.”
15All the days of the poor are evil. A secure mind is like a continual feast.
21ZAIN. These recollections are in my heart; therefore, I shall hope. 22HETH. By the mercies of the Lord, we are not consumed. For his compassion has not passed away. 23HETH. I know it at first light; great is your faithfulness. 24HETH. “The Lord is my portion,” said my soul. Because of this, I will wait for him. 25TETH. The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.
4Sing joyfully to God, all the earth. Sing and exult, and sing psalms.
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.