Where the Real News is the Good News

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.

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”—
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

I keep my eyes always on the Lord.

    With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”

You make known to me the path of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,
    with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
    and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

Gracious words are a honeycomb,
    sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Now, our God, we give you thanks,
    and praise your glorious name.

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.