Category: 1 Peter

Sunday Scripture: 10/23/16

And, “He is the stone that makes people stumble,     the rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them. But you are… Read More

Please Pray With Us

Brian and I are coming to you, asking for prayers for our family in the coming week, especially. We are leaving soon so that I can have some solid days of testing to get to the bottom of… Read More

10 Verses that Grow Endurance (& Free Printable)

I tried today to choose some lesser-known verses that help me through the tough times. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that most focus on Jesus. Seems pretty right to me. May they encourage you as well… Grace,… Read More

Are You a Double Agent?

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and… Read More

Does Your Suffering Seem to Last Indefinitely?

“In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials” (1 Peter 1:6) I remember those last few months of school when I was… Read More

The Kind of Faith This Takes

So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies… Read More

A Few Things That Are Making My Life Easier These Days

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and… Read More

You Have My Surrender

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. – 1 Peter 5:7 Here are my chronic pains and debilitating aches Here are my “I can’t do this!” and my “Can you hear me?”… Read More

The Rub of Surrender

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ – Philippians… Read More

O Little Town… Are You Asleep?

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things… Read More