Colossians 3:12-17 Good News Translation (GNT)

¹² 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. ¹³ 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 as the Lord has forgiven you. ¹⁴ And to all these qualities add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity. ¹⁵ 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 be thankful. ¹⁶ Christ’s message in all its 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. ¹⁷ 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.

Psalm 85:8-13 Good News Translation (GNT)

⁸ 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.
⁹ Surely he is ready to save those who honor him,
    and his saving presence will remain in our land.

¹⁰ Love and faithfulness will meet;
    righteousness and peace will embrace.
¹¹ Human loyalty will reach up from the earth,
    and God’s righteousness will look down from heaven.
¹² The Lord will make us prosperous,
    and our land will produce rich harvests.
¹³ Righteousness will go before the Lord
    and prepare the path for him.