Birthdays happen once a year. These special days mark another year of life and an opportunity to celebrate God’s blessings, including the blessing we call our friends. Normally we celebrate with laughs, cake, and remembrances of the past, but scripture is another way we can celebrate and connect with God. Here are 21 verses for a friend's birthday.
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The following Scripture verses will remind our friends and us of God’s promise to those who love him and are called according to his purpose.
Psalm 118:24 This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.
John 16:21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Psalm 139:13-14 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
Proverbs 9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Psalms 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Psalm 23:1-3 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Philippians 1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
Philippians 4:19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Matthew 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, 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 anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
Luke 12:22 Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.
Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
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Though we can rest assured salvation awaits God’s believers, He has given us days of life to complete His work on Earth. We can use birthdays to celebrate our friends and their accomplishments, thanking them for the joy, wisdom, and support they offer to us.
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