Where the Real News is the Good News

Above all else, guard your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.

 The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.