thanking god

¹⁸Give thanks in everything. For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for all of you.

²⁰giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.

²⁷Confess to the Lord of lords, for his mercy is eternal.

¹Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation. ²Who will declare the powers of the Lord? Who make a hearing for all his praises?

²Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his recompenses.

⁴Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say, rejoice. ⁵Let your modesty be known to all men. The Lord is near. ⁶Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God. ⁷And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

⁴Enter his gates with confession, his courts with hymns, and acknowledge him. Praise his name.

¹A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me. ²He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment. ³He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name. ⁴For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation. ⁵You have prepared a table in my sight, opposite those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup, which inebriates me, how brilliant it is! ⁶And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.

⁷Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

³³Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.

⁹The Lord is not delaying his promise, as some imagine, but he does act patiently for your sake, not wanting anyone to perish, but wanting all to be turned back to penance.

¹Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.

²¹For you have been called to this because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in his footsteps.

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,

¹⁰Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

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.