WISDOM to be respected. "Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?" Job 12:12 NIV

 

PRODUCTIVITY to be valued. "The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green . . ." Psalm 92:12-14 NIV

 

LEARNING to be continued. "Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good." Titus 2:2-3 NIV

 

MOTIVATION to be encouraged. "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it." Philippians 3:12-13 NIV

 

RENEWAL to be nurtured. "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. " II Corinthians 4:16-18 NIV