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“The People of God”

by • on 6:14 PM • in 1 Peter

 

1 Peter 2:1-3

 

Intro:

 Review 1 Peter 1:19-23

 1. We are going to focus on 2 key thoughts

 

I. Putting Away, Once for all

 A. THEREFORE’ – 1:23; Since we are To be HOLY


[2:1] ‘THEREFORE’, putting aside — all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,


‘PUTTING AWAY’ –

“To put away once for all —all sin that may be in our lives.”


B. God has commanded us to separate ourselves from sin

            1. This must be a ‘ONCE FOR ALL ACTION’

 

“The tense of this phrase ‘putting aside’ indicates  A complete about-face;  A true once for all, ‘TURNING AWAY FROM SIN’

 

C. Since God has imparted to us the DIVINE LIFE;

            1. We CANNOT TOY around with SIN

 

D. We must make a CLEAR DECISION—ONCE FOR ALL —

            1. To RID IT FROM OUR LIVES

 

Because if we never come to that final resolution, well always struggle with that particular bondage— whatever it is, it will always be our master, and well always be its slave!

 

Ephesians 4:22-24

22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

 

E. Strip off the OLD NATURE and ONCE FOR ALL-

            1. PUT ON the NEW nature


G. Paul said in Romans –

 Romans 6:12, 16

12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts …16 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?


H. That’s why PETER says:

 

“I’m settling it ONCE FOR ALL!

I’ve had it with these VICES CONTROLLING my MIND, LIFE and time, EMOTIONS!!!!

They are DESTROYING ME and I’M SETTLING IT TODAY!”

 

As I meditated on this, the FEAR OF GOD CAME OVER ME

 God is serious about SIN!! And so must we!!!!!

 

  ILLUSTRATION:

1. One of the BIGGEST VICES / non-glorifying God / BAD HABITS I had was

            A. CHEWING TOBACCO

            B. It was a HUGE VICE that CONTROLLED:

My MIND & DICTATED my MOODS


2. It was NOT UNTIL I FINALLY did what Peter says here and:

 

SETTLED IT WITH GOD——-ONCE FOR ALL! I’M DONE WITH IT! I’D RATHER DIE THAN TAKE 1 MORE PINCH OF CHEW!!! I’M TIRED OF BEING A SLAVE TO TOBACCO!


3. I STOOD on the PROMISES of ROMANS 6, and THAT WAS IT!

 

4. The LORD TOOK IT!

            1. It was a HUGE BATTLE getting over it

            2. But in SETTLING IT ONCE FOR ALL, it was OVER!

 

 “It was very common just before a believer would be baptized, he would publicly confess his vices that he was renouncing in following Jesus.”

 “These are MY VICES that I am GIVING UP to FOLLOW CHRIST!”


I. Peter then goes on to list 5 specific sins –

 

#1. MALICE

“This word basically means wickedness, badness in quality, an evil mindset, and works itself out in the shrewd and deceitful calculation of doing harm, ill-will or a desire to injure another. This encompasses both thoughts (i.e., desiring someone else’s harm) and actions (i.e., the actual harming of another).

 Sin of commission , or omission

 

This sin really has to do with the HEART; all the hidden stuff nobody else can see…hatred, unforgiveness, rebellion, pride

 

#2. ALL—-DECEIT

This is a general term for ‘sin’ and suggests the deliberate use of guile or treachery in order to mislead someone.

“To catch with bait”. A violation of allegiance, confidence or treason. To betray another.

 

Pretend to be a friend, then when you get the goods on them, you betray them.

 

#3. HYPOCRISY —- all forms / plural noun

Peter uses a plural noun to indicate that every act of hiding of ones’ evil intentions toward another behind a mask of piety is wrong and thus should be avoided.

 

#4. ENVY

This term presents those feelings of ill will or jealousy that an individual harbors against someone else because of a real or perceived advantage that that person has acquired.

 Lifestyle, marriage, ministry, family…etc…

 Envy promotes JEALOUSY

 

#5. ALL—SLANDER (evil speaking)

Words which are designed to ruin an individual’s reputation or position.

 

1 Peter 1:17—god alone is judge

 (#1. Put away Sin – Once for all)

 Maybe none of your struggles? Maybe you hate, can’t forgive?

 

II. So that we mature spiritually    (V. 2-3)

 2 like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,


‘Newborn Babies’— just born

“Is used in a metaphorical sense to describe a nursing baby”


A. As a newborn baby we are to LONG FOR the WORD of God

            1. It almost seems like what Peter is speaking of is

                a. GETTING back to our 1st love

            2. Our 1ST LOVE for the WORD of GOD

 

‘To long for’

“Speaks of a GREAT CRAVING, or to Greatly Desire”


‘PURE / SINCERE’

“Without guile, unadulterated, nothing added to it. And is used metaphorically of the teaching of the Word of God.”


B. As New Born Christians –

We are to CRAVE the PURE TEACHING of the Word of God


‘MILK’

The word ‘MILK’ here refers to the Word of God in General.


C. Several other passages of Scripture refer to ‘MILK’ as

1. “The rudimentary spiritual teachings”

 

Hebrews 5:12-14

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant.

14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.


1 Corinthians 3:2

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able,

 

D. These passages refer to ‘Milk’ as ‘Spiritual Fundamentals’         

            1. But ‘MILK’ in 1 Peter 2:2,

The word is used for the Word of God in general

‘So that’  v2

“The reason I long for the PURE MILK of God’s word is for Spiritual GROWTH. I desire to GROW SPIRITUALLY. I want to GROW into MATURITY”


‘By it’

“It’s only THRU FEASTING on the WORD that we GROW”

 How do we develop an appetite for the Word? By putting away sin, once for all!

 If you say, “I don’t really CRAVE Gods word, how do you develop an Appetite?

 By putting away, once for all, SIN!!!!

 It’s not natural to desire the Word, but here God shows us how to develop an APPETITE!


‘YOU’

“Growth is a PERSONAL MATTER; we grow individually”


E. Peter is teaching us that:

            #1. We must each INDIVIDUALLY decide to

                        a. ONCE FOR ALL – rid our lives of SIN

            #2. CRAVE and FEED on GOD’S WORD

 

 

F. We are each personally responsible for our own

            1. SPIRITUAL GROWTH

 

G. Sin KILLS our APPETITE for the WORD of God

            1. That’s why Peter said we MUST:

 

FIRST:

ONCE FOR ALL……..PUT AWAY SIN

 

 THEN:

Like newborn babies, we can long for the PURE MILK of the Word

 

 

Always in that order!!!!

 

Away with sin, fill up on the Word

 

“If the only way to grow spiritually, is by feasting on the Word of God; and sin kills our spiritual appetite; then it would stand to reason that Christians who never ‘put aside all sin’, will never fully mature.”

 

“If we determine to live a HOLY life, then we will develop an APPETITE for the Word of God and by it we will grow into full maturity.”

 

But…

 

“If we allow sin to remain in our lives, we will lose our appetite for the Word of God which will cause us to seek fulfillment in other areas of life: Entertainment, pleasure, money, career, anything to try to fill that void. But the end result will be a LOST LIFE of SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY.”

 

 

It’s interesting, if we CRAVE the Word of God like a NEWBORN baby, we will grow up into spiritual maturity.

 

 

But, if we don’t crave the Word of God like a newborn baby, we will always remain a spiritual infant.

 

 

“Sin will keep me from this book, or this book will keep me from Sin”

 

 

QUESTION:

1. What is a sign of a HEALTHY baby?

            a. One with an APPETITE

 2. So what marks a HEALTHY CHRISTIAN?

            a. One with an appetite for the WORD

 

 

The GREATER our CRAVING for the WORD, the GREATER our SPIRITUAL HEALTH


 

[3]  if (since) you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.

 A. Peter is probably making reference to —

 Psalms 34:8——-O taste and see that the Lord is good;

 

B. As newborn babes, they had tasted the Word of God;

            1. And they had found that the LORD was GRACIOUS


‘Gracious’ or ‘Kindness’ literally means “EXCELLENT”

 

 

“Come and DRINK from the PURE MILK of GOD’S WORD; TASTE and SEE if it isn’t EXCELLENT!!!!”


“Once a person has come to taste the EXCELLENCY of God’s Word, he should have a continuing appetite for spiritual food.”                                                            -The Bible Expositors Commentary


They say “We develop an appetite for the things we feed on”


C. I don’t mean this in a MEAN WAY, but:

 

D. If you GROW up listening to 15-20 MINUTE SERMONETTES;

            1. You DEVELOP an APPETITE for that


E. But if you are being FED the WORD of God every Sunday morning;

            1. You will develop an APPETITE for the WORD of God

 

Somebody once complained to their pastor here in Buffalo & said one Sunday:

 “If we wanted that MUCH WORD, we’d go to CALVARY!”

 HA-HA!!! WHAT A COMPLIMENT!!!

 

G. What does Peter teach us?

            1. If there is SIN in the CAMP

            2. It will KILL the SPIRITUAL APPETITE!

 

 

H. I’m so PROUD of ALL OF YOU!!!

            1. You all wouldn’t have it any other way!!!

            2. You LONG FOR the WORD

            3. Even as A NEWBORN babe DESIRES MILK

            4. So too, MOST ALL OF YOU…

                        a. Desire the PURE MILK of GOD’S WORD!!!!


I. If I got up and preached for 15-20 minutes one Sunday morning;

1. You’d all think I WAS SICK!


I am TRULY PRIVILEGED to Pastor a CHURCH of People who so love God’s Word!!! You bless me!!!!


CONCLUSION:

I. Put Away Sin, Once for all

II. So that we might mature spiritually

 

 

 

 

 

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Motivations For Personal Holiness

by • on 6:25 PM • in 1 Peter

 

1 Peter 1:17-21

 

 

Illustration:

Jake, a Game Warden, was always amazed that Sam, a fisherman, showed up at the end of the day with a couple or three stringers full of fish. This happened even when all the other fishermen came back with only two or three fish. Now this particular lake was loaded with fish, but they seemed to elude the average fisherman, so there was no limit on number, only on size. And all of Sam’s fish were big enough to bring home.

The curiosity of the game warden finally got the best of him. So on one occasion he said to Sam, “I’d like to know your secret.” Sam, a man of not too many words, said, “Show up tomorrow morning.”

The next morning, long before dawn, the game warden was there. Sam showed up and met him, stared the motor, and 30 or 40 minutes later they were out in some secluded part of the lake. It was important to Sam that no one else be around. When they stopped the motor, everything was as still as it could be. Jake decided to sit back, fold his arms, and watch Sam do his thing. Same reached down in his tackle box, pulled out a slender stick of dynamite, lit it, and tossed it into the air. When it hit the level of the lake, there was an enormous explosion. In a matter of seconds, fish of all sizes began to float up to the top of the lake. Without a word, Sam just began to row his way over and with his net pick up the largest fish and string them.

Jake screamed. “Wait! You break every rule in the book. I’m gonna throw the book at you. You’ll be paying fines. I’m gonna stick you in jail!”

About that time Sam reached in his box and pulled out another stick of dynamite. He lit it and tossed it in Jake’s lap and said,

“Are you gonna sit there watchin’ all day or are you gonna fish?!”

 

1. HA-HA!!!  — motivations!

 

2. We all have things that motivate us to do what we do

a. We have bills, so we are motivated to get up and go to work

b. We want good health;

i. So we take care of our bodies, exercise, vitamins, eat right

c. We want to be respected

i. So we certain careers, attend certain colleges

ii. Try to live according to certain standards

 

Even my sermon this morning: I have a MOTIVATION: It is to motivate each of you to walk in PERSONAL HOLINESS.

 

“For everything we do, there is a motivation driving us”

 

*When we’re standing in line at Wal-Mart this Christmas season…

WHAT is going to motivate us from LOOKING at stuff we shouldn’t SEE?

*When we’re at home alone, or in the OFFICE on the INTERNET;

What is going to MOTIVATE us to PERSONAL HOLINESS?

4. We live in a very sinful world

a. And it is getting more and more difficult to live a HOLY life

 

5. We KNOW that we should live HOLY lives;

a. But WHAT MOTIVATES us?

6. I pray that by the time we are done this morning;

1. That God will have given you —

6 PRACTICAL  MOTIVATIONS for PERSONAL HOLINESS:

I. I Want God to Hear My Prayers

1 Peter 1:17-21
(And) If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;

A. The only way that we can have an EFFECTIVE, POWERFUL prayer life is when;

1. We are LIVING in HOLINESS

B. In Psalm 66:18, the Bible says

If I regard wickedness (sin) in my heart, The Lord will not hear (our PRAYERS);

When we are standing there, sitting there, laying there and we are being tempted to sin; we need to ask ourselves if we want to hinder our prayer life?

Is this sin so gratifying that I’m willing to break my fellowship with God and hinder my PRAYER LIFE?

C. The Bible says, if we allow sin in our lives, it will ruin our prayer life

1. Nobody can have an effective prayer life w/o HOLINESS

 

“YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY”

 

D. If Holiness was not a necessary part of our relationship with God;

1. Then CHRIST would have NEVER NEEDED to DIE for our SINS

II. God is Going to Judge Our Works

 

17b the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work,

 

The judgment that Peter is talking about, is the judgment of a believer’s works. This judgment has nothing go do with salvation, except that salvation ought to produce good works.                      – Warren Wiersbe

 

When we trusted Christ, God forgave our sins and declared us righteous in His Son. Our sins have already been judged on the cross of Calvary, and therefore they cannot be held against us.

The judgment that Peter is talking about here is what is called the ‘JUDGMENT SEAT of CHRIST’, where each one of us will give an account of our works, and each one of us will receive the appropriate reward.

This is what we could consider as a ‘Family Judgment’, the Father dealing with His beloved children.

There are TWO Greek words which mean

“To put to the test”

1) One meaning: “To put to the test in order to discover what evil or good there may be in a person”

2) The other, “To put to the test in order to sanction or approve the good one finds in that person”

That is the definition for the Judgment Seat of Christ

III. The Fear of the Lord

 

17c conduct yourselves in fear (NASB)

A. In light of this ‘impartial judgment of God’

1. We are exhorted to ‘conduct this passing life in fear’

‘Fear’ = “This fear is self-distrust; it is tenderness of conscience; it is vigilance against temptation; it is the fear which inspiration opposes to high-mindedness in the admonition, ‘Be not high-minded but fear.’

To ‘LIVE IN FEAR’ is — ‘taking heed lest we fall’

 

It’s really guarding ourselves from places of temptation; and fleeing all evil.

 

“It is a constant apprehension of the deceitfulness of the heart, and of the constant apprehension of the deceitfulness of the heart, and of the insidiousness and power of inward corruption. It is the caution and circumspection which timidly shrinks from whatever would offend and dishonor God and the Saviour.”                                  –Wuest Word Studies

 

The 4th Motivation for personal holiness is that

 

IV. We are Sojourners (KJV)

 

17d during the time of your stay on earth;

‘Sojourner’ is from a word meaning literally “to have a home alongside of,” and refers to a person living in a foreign land alongside of people who are not of his kind.

A. Here it refers to children of God living far from their heavenly home;

  • In a foreign territory
    • On a planet that has a Usurper – SATAN, as a reigning Monarch
      • The people of which are his subjects

B. As Born Again Christians;

1. We must always live with the constant awareness that –

a. We are being WATCHED by the UNSAVED

C. And that it is our responsibility to be a true testimony to God

1. By the kind of lives we live

 

D. This WORLD isn’t our HOME;

1. And so we SHOULDN’T be living like the RESIDENTS of this world

We are to be living like SOJOURNERS – PASSING THROUGH; knowing that our Heavenly Father who judges impartially, will one day soon be judging each of our lives.

So we are to LIVE IN FEAR of FALLING INTO SIN, with the present conscious awareness that ‘WE’RE NOT HOME YET’!!!!

Can the world look at us and CLEARLY SEE a DIFFERENCE in how we live? Or are there areas of our lives that could give the Residents of this world reason to stumble?

18 knowing that (for you know) you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

 

* The 5th MOTIVATION for HOLY LIVING is because:

 

 

V. We’ve Been Ransomed!

 

A. The word ‘REDEEM’ goes back to the institution of slavery in ancient Rome

 

 

B. Every 1st Century church would have had 3 kinds of members:

  • Slaves
    • Freemen               (never been a slave)
      • Freedmen    (A person who formerly had been a slave but was now redeemed)

C. People became slaves in various ways:

  • Through WAR
    • Bankruptcy
      • Sell by themselves
        • Sale by Parents or by birth

“Slaves normally could look forward to FREEDOM after a certain period of service, and often after the payment of a price.”   -Expositors Bible Commentary

 

E. Some of the ways a SLAVE could by his freedom was:

  • By earning extra money in his spare time
  • Or, by doing more than his owner required
  • Often, the debt could be paid by someone else

“By the payment of his debt, a slave could be set free from his bondage or servitude.”

F. Jesus said in –Mark 10:45
“…the Son of Man… [came] …to serve, and to give His life a ransom for [in the place of] many.”

***Notice here also in V. 18, this word ‘FUTILE’ or ‘EMPTY’

“The redemption of Christians is from the [futile] ‘empty’ lifestyle of their ancestors. This implies a pagan lifestyle rather than a Jewish one because the NT stresses the emptiness of paganism.”  IVP Background Commentary

G. The ‘Traditions’ and ‘Freedoms’ passed down from our PAGAN ancestors, is

1. WORTHLESS

2. Peter says — EMPTY—

“The LIFE that JESUS CHRIST has REDEEMED US OUT OF, has NOTHING to offer us!!!!”

People who are ‘stuck’ in the world, think that we Christians are so in BONDAGE over all the things we can’t do in Christ; when in reality, what they call ‘FREEDOM’ is really WORTHLESS BONDAGE!!!!

 

(EMPTY/FUTILE/DOG VOMIT—passed down from pagan ancestors!!!)

H. The OLD LIFE had NOTHING to offer us but the BONDAGE of SLAVERY;

1. And it COST GOD His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON His life to REDEEM US!!!

That’s why Peter said back in 1 Peter 1:12…

 “Things into which angels long to look!”

They cannot grasp the tender mercies of the LORD GOD to RANSOM us from DEATH!

What a GREAT PRICE…therefore we must fearfully and DILIGENTLY guard our lives from WORLDLINESS!

Mark 8:36-37

“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

37 “For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD IS WORTHLESS/FUTILE/ EMPTY

This EMPTY old World has NOTHING on KNOWING JESUS CHRIST!!!!

I. The word for ‘SILVER’ and ‘GOLD’ here actually refers to:

1. LITTLE SILVER and LITTLE GOLD

GOD PAID THE GREATEST PRICE FOR OUR REDEMPTION- HE GAVE HIMSELF!!!

SIDE NOTE:

Can you see why it’s so sinful for us to speak against another BELIEVER?

#1. (NOT ONLY) Have we been CREATED in the IMAGE of GOD

#2. (BUT) Christ has paid this HUGE RANSOM for ALL His elect!

a. Who are we to speak against those for WHOM CHRIST DIED?!!

We are to live our lives as SOJOURNERS so that we do not STUMBLE the RESIDENTS of this world; and we are NOT to JUDGE one another – having been RANSOMED by God’s great love!!!

J. So #5, our 5th MOTIVATION for PERSONAL HOLINESS is why???

(V.) BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN RANSOMED!!!!

And Peter says: do NOT GIVE UP your FREEDOM for the MOMENTARY thrill of SIN!!!!

 

*We know that we are maturing spiritually when we no longer ask ourselves:

 “Can I do this and get away with it”

….but rather begin to ask ourselves:

“Will this compromise MY FREEDOM in anyway, for which Christ paid so great a debt?!”

*Our 6th and final MOTIVATION for PERSONAL HOLINESS is because:

VI. Holiness Is Proof of My Faith!


20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you  21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

A. Don’t sell yourself short!

1. Don’t LOWER YOUR STANDARDS to fit in with the WORLD

2. Or to MAKE others feel ‘COMFORTABLE’

3. We DON’T FIT IN HERE AND WE NEVER WILL

4. It’s NOT our JOB to make the WORLD COMFORTABLE in its SIN

B. When it came to living like the WORLD; my mom used to tell us kids –

1. DON’T DO THAT!

2. You’re TOO GOOD FOR THAT!!!

C. When it comes to the TEMPTATION of GIVING up our PERSONAL HOLINESS:

 

“Don’t do that! You’re too good for that! Don’t throw pearls before swine!!!”

D. Before the FOUNDATIONS of this world were CREATED;

1. JESUS CHRIST existed and –

 

“In the councils of the triune God, the Lord Jesus was the Lamb marked out for sacrifice.”

- Wuest Word Studies

 

E. In other words,

“God HAD ALREADY PLANNED to send JESUS CHRIST to this earth to become our SAVIOUR, even BEFORE the FOUNDATIONS of this world were CREATED!!!”

Salvation was NOT an AFTER THOUGHT when Adam and Eve Sinned in the Garden of Eden; God had already made the PROVISIONS for our REDEMPTION!!!

 

 

CONCLUSION:

1. God loved you, even from before the foundations of the world

2. He knew you from even before you were conceived in your mother’s womb

a. And He LOVES YOU!!!

3. I think the greatest MOTIVATION for PERSONAL HOLINESS is found in one word:

LOVE

 John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

4. He LOVES YOU

a. He’s REDEEMED YOU

b. He’s NOT ANGRY with you when you FAIL

c. And He’s ALWAYS there for you!!!

5. Your SALVATION is SECURE;

a. Your ETERNAL INHERITANCE is secure

b. Your VERY LIFE is SECURE

Because of SUCH LOVE— I long for PERSONAL HOLINESS

The more we STUDY and UNDERSTAND the NATURE of our GOD;

…The MORE that we will DESIRE to BE LIKE HIM!!!

6. May we daily grow in our personal holiness

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“Choosing To Rejoice!” 2 Corinthians 13:11

by • on 9:18 PM • in 320, Exhortation, Life Journal

Scripture

2 Corinthians 13:11 (NASB)
11 Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Observation

Paul now ends his 2nd letter to the church of Corinth with an exhortation on how to live. They are to rejoice! And Paul doesn’t say “When things are good”-but rather just “Rejoice!” Paul also states that they are to be made “complete” or “mature”. They are to be growing and maturing in their faith. They are also to be comforted, or to “take comfort” that they are living in joy and maturing spiritually. Paul also says that they are to be like-minded, which can only take place when believers fix their hearts upon the Lord. The end result of being like-minded produces peace between man and God and among men.  Paul says they were to live in peace. Literally they were to dwell in the state of peace which can only come from God via His methods – as Paul states within this verse. The fruit of the Spirit is made manifest when believers obey God’s Word. God’s love and peace is with all who live in obedience.

Application

Today I must rejoice in all things, through all things and in spite of many things. My job is not to ‘right the world’, because only God can do that and only in His time. My focus today is to be given to joy, grow in my faith, be content in Christ, abide in fellowship with like-minded believers and chose to live in peace! As I choose to this and obey God, HIs love and peace will abound upon my life today! Focus on these things and my life will be made complete!

Prayer

Father today I choose to love You and obey You in all things. I choose to ignore all that the world has to offer that would lure me away from Your love and Your peace and would lure me away from total devotion to You. You alone are my Lord, my God and my satisfaction. May I take joy in serving You. May my day be so blessed as a result of following You! Thank You for the plans You have for me! By faith I receive YOur blessings upon my life!!! Amen.

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