Celebration

Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! — read the full passage →

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate; — read the full passage →

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind. — read the full passage →

He told them this parable. — read the full passage →

For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. — read the full passage →

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy on their beds.

“Moreover let the children of Israel keep the Passover in its appointed season.

whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory— — read the full passage →

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

Behold, a day of Yahweh comes, when your plunder will be divided in your midst. — read the full passage →

Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and Yahweh’s glory filled the house. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae, — read the full passage →

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, — read the full passage →

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

When the angels went away from them into the sky, the shepherds said one to another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” — read the full passage →

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”

This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him. — read the full passage →

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

It will happen that everyone who is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, and to keep the feast of tents.

May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. — read the full passage →

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.

And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this; for after his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

“‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to Yahweh in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work;

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

His father went down to the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

“You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year’s end.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory. — read the full passage →

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. — read the full passage →

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, — read the full passage →

Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.

You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.

After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God: — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its breadth six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. — read the full passage →

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →