Where the Real News is the Good News

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;  perseverance, character; and character, hope.

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.

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.

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

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”