Where the Real News is the Good News

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lionlooking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

 

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an examplefor the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

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

They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,

He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and[ will call him Immanuel.

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.