Category: 1 Peter

Updated on October 21, 2016
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
Updated on September 8, 2016
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

Updated on August 28, 2016
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

Updated on July 28, 2016
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

Updated on May 18, 2016
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
Updated on February 4, 2016
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
Updated on February 1, 2016
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

Updated on January 23, 2016
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

Updated on January 3, 2016
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

Updated on December 1, 2015
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