You are the people  of God; he loved you and chose you for his own. So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you  has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just a the Lord has forgiven you. And to all these qualities, add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity. The peace that Christ gives is to guide you in the decisions you make; for it is to this peace that God has called you together in the one body. And to be thankful. Christ’s message in all it’s richness must live in your hearts. Teach and instruct one another with all wisdom. Sing psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing to God with thanksgiving in your hearts. Everything you do or say, then, should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as  you give thanks through him to God the Father.

Colossians 3:12-17

I am listening to what the Lord God is saying;

he promises peace to us , his own people,

if we do not go back to our foolish ways.

Surely he is ready to save those who honor him,

and his saving presence will remain in our land.

Love and faithfulness will meet;

righteousness and peace will embrace.

Man’s loyalty will reach up from the earth,

and  God’s righteousness will look down from heaven.

The Lord will make us prosperous,

and our land will produce rich harvests.

Righteousness will go before the Lord

and prepare the path for him.

Psalm 85:8-13