Ecclesiastes 3:1 & 4

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

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

Psalm 118:14-17 & 23-24

¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. ¹⁵Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things! ¹⁶The Lord’s right hand is lifted high; the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!” ¹⁷I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.

²³the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

Matthew 28:18-20

¹⁸ Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 

2^nd Corinthians 5:20

²⁰ We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.^[1]

1^st Peter 3:15   

¹⁵ But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.