"They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship

"They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." -Acts 2:42 (NASB)

Consider the work of God...

"Consider the work of God, For who is able to straighten what He has bent?" -Ecclesiastes 7:13 (NASB)

For His name's sake

"Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power." -Psalm 106:8 (ESV)

Bless the LORD, O my soul!

"Let the sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!" -Psalm 104:35 (ESV)

I rejoice in the LORD

"May be meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD." -Psalm 104:34 (ESV)

May the LORD rejoice in His works

"May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in his works, who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke!" -Psalm 105:21-22 (ESV)

Present your bodies as a living sacrifice

"I appeal to you therefore, brothers,by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." -Romans 12:1 (ESV)

That every idle word that men shall speak...

"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." -Matthew 12:36 (KJV)

God...made us alive with the Messiah even through we are dead in trespasses

"But God, who is abundant in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. By grace you are saved!" -Ephesians 2:4-5 (HCSB)

For by grace you are saved through faith

"For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift-- not from works, so that no one can boast." -Ephesians 2:8-9 (HCSB)