Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ “Be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” Peter has a stern warning for us: watch out for the devil! But when it comes to the work of the devil and what to watch out for, we often get it all backwards. […]
Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ This can’t be talking about us! I have to admit that whenever I hear this passage from 1 Peter, that’s exactly what I think. “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called […]
Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ Peter says, “This is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.” Enduring unjust suffering is a gracious thing! Really!?! It’s hard to see how bearing with insults and mistreatment because you did what is right is a gracious thing! It’s hard to see how […]
Read Today’s Reading » +++++++ You know, God has a funny way of giving us his gifts. If God gives us a good gift, he’s not going to let it go to waste, or let it sit on the shelf and collect dust. God is going to put that gift to work, drive it home, […]