Where the Real News is the Good News

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

When you pass through the waters,
    I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sinsand live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

Trust in the Lord forever,
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!

Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,

 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword,it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

 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.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”