God Invested in You

Verse: 1 Peter 4:10-11 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do...

Above All Else

Verse: 1 Peter 4:8-9 (ESV) 8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. Devotion The Greek word translated here as ‘earnestly’ is one used to describe an athlete...

More than a Prayer List

Verse: 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. Devotion Ok, that’s not serious at all. (Hopefully my sarcasm is evident here) Deep breath. I am the queen of not being alert and sober of mind. I love to...

1st Century Peer Pressure

Verse: 1 Peter 4:1-6 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. 2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather...

Hope in a Broken World

Verse: 1 Peter 3:18-22 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were...

Suffering for Doing Good

Verse: 1 Peter 3:17-18 “For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive by...