This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.  - Psalm 118:24 ESV

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. -- Romans 12:12 NIV

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. -- Exodus 20:12 NIV

Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  --1 Corinthians 13:4 NIV

He is not here; HE HAS RISEN!  Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee. ‘ The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’   -- Luke 24:6-7 NIV

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.  --James 1:2-3 NIV

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should notperish, but have everlasting life. --John 3:16 KJV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!  -2 Corinthians 5:17

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.  --Luke 2:11 NIV