1 PETER 2:9-10 NLT
But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people.
You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession.
As a result, you can show others the goodness of God,
   for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people.
Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.

And so … let us pray for and work to grow
the fruit of kindness and goodness in our life