Where the Real News is the Good News

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

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
    and in his word I put my hope.

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

 

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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

 For,

“All people are like grass

 and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;

the grass withers and the flowers fall,

but the word of the Lord endures forever.”

There is no one holy like the Lord;
    there is no one besides you;
    there is no Rock like our God.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

For your ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all your paths.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrificesGod is pleased.

Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
    and he will establish your plans.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,