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Peter finishes his letter with instructions to the elders, the pastors/shepherds of the congregations he is writing to. He encourages them to care for their people dependent on God's grace. God can be trusted in the midst of difficult circumstances so as leaders set an example. Let God's grace prove itself in real life. 

You may have watched the movie, "The Passion of the Christ" - the graphic depiction of the sufferings of Christ is difficult to watch. It only showed the physical suffering, we cannot imagine the internal suffering of bearing the sin of every man, woman and child who has ever lived in soul. Down through history the people of God have suffered, the Hebrew people from the inception of their existence, the early church, the church through the Middle Ages and into our present time, God's people have endured suffering. In America we have been insulated from severe suffering, but I wonder if the time is coming when we to will experience the carnage of persecution. Are we ready? Peter instructs us to be ready and one of the primary tools for being ready is REJOICING. 

Love - Hospitality - Speaking for God - Serving - Praising God = Keys to going through tough times well.

1 Peter 4:1-7 - Since Jesus suffered - have the same attitude He had. 

Peter's first letter addresses folks, Christ following folks who are living in a world that is foreign, hostile and uncomfortable. That kind of world is becoming increasingly real for Christ followers today. Peter is concerned that his hearers (that includes us) understand that they are chosen by God, given authority and responsibility and called to represent Christ in this kind of at atmosphere. 1 Peter 2:21-25 invites us to embrace a similar mind set as Jesus, a willingness to suffer in order that those around us see Jesus in us and be given the opportunity to be saved, to be healed, to have Living Hope!

1 Peter 2:13 - 3:7

Peter lays out a strategy for effecting transformation in the world/culture in 3 very specific arenas; the government, the workplace and the home. His strategy is very counter intuitive. Hope you find this thought provoking. 

Scripture; 1 Peter 2:11, 12

Being a child of God gives us great privilege. That privilege comes with obligations internally to ourselves and externally to the world around us. Peter begins to spell out those obligations. in these two verses.

1 Peter 2: 9,10 = This may be the most amazing description of the persons who believe in Jesus in the entire Bible. Here Peter admonishes us to accept the titles that describe with the responsibility that they are designed for. 

Scripture - 1 Peter 2:4-8

Theme - God's work is LIVING and He invites us to be be a part of it. This is the third qualities in Peter's letter he describes as "living". Living Hope 1.3, LIving Word 1:23 and now Living Stone/s. God wasys are always life producing, this is a key to discerning what is from God and what is not - Does it produce life or does it end in death?

I would also like to invite you to enjoy a them song for this series in 1 Peter. It is a Phil Wickham song called "LIVING HOPE". 

https://youtu.be/9f2FXxDVO6w?si=D7CuV0KQa4mgl-Kz

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35 (NIV)

Song: He's Alive (Don Francisco)

https://youtu.be/70qk6tLHht4?si=dpvdZlTS--97uljx

Scripture: John 19:17-30

Song: The Old Rugged Cross (Guy Penrod)

https://youtu.be/zyfR7URb8TY?si=D4GoAVKgR8dbTHaG

Scripture; John 19:1-16 (NIV)

Song: Lead Me to Calvary (Don Moen)

https://youtu.be/CgwX3bYgav8?si=Twcfw2IDPp0X_ZzW

Scripture: John 18:1-14 (NIV)

Song; And Can It Be

https://youtu.be/A3U0G7OiKJw?si=SByLzQRUtNpkqizZ

Scripture: John 17:20-26 (NIV)

Song: At Calvary

https://youtu.be/Gt3BrYsVzQ8?si=LTrI0n2v9yEK1xYh

Scripture: John 17:6-19

Song: The Steadfast Love of the Lord (Dave Hunt) from Lamentations 3:22, 23

https://youtu.be/cXtXlp5oQXY?si=lYktCvDFjUU5MVbn

Scripture: John 17:1-5 (NIV)

Songs: I want to know you more (Chris Tomlin)

https://youtu.be/fFftwsayolE?si=jPh52R7t78QMm0ut

& I want to know you (CityALight)

https://youtu.be/AY3EGQvyl5M?si=Ud961kvcS_EX4azq

Scripture: JOhn 16:16-33

Song: I Come to You (Lester Delgado)

https://youtu.be/ved6QAp9Px4?si=b4A8FTSHgQzkD1kv

Scripture: John 15:26 - John 16:15

Song: Hosanna (Chris plus)

https://youtu.be/B_p7810nDx0?si=z0S34ZBDedNL18Rj

Scripture: John 15:1-17 (NIV)

Song: Constantly Abiding (Michael Lining)

https://youtu.be/qjVOmjFyt1Q?si=tHN3WjT6BXePljsl

Scripture: John 14:15-31 (NIV)

Song: How Great Thou Art (Chris Rice)

https://youtu.be/Cc0QVWzCv9k?si=14yuHZCXNqjEKJRv

Scripture: John 14:5-14 (NIV)

Song: Everyday (People and Songs) 

https://youtu.be/TlCYgcLSIXA?si=yODfGqWWuMRLwELf

Scripture: John 13:31 - 14:4 (NIV)

Song: "I Will Trust My Savior, Jesus" (CityALight)

https://youtu.be/GB9eXtwfAAg?si=vsn0eYUPfATSAqsZ

Scripture: John 13:18-30 (NIV)

Song: Jesus, Strong and Kind (CityA Light)

https://youtu.be/T5Y8s-Sz_ac?si=-lImD5WtObqP26Bb

Scripture: Luke 22:11-26 (NIV) This scripture gives the context for all that Jesus shares in our readings from John 13 to 17 which we will be doing the next two weeks.

Song: His Glory and My Good - CityALight

https://youtu.be/4yQ42RU3Nh8?si=lohkUQ8xeTmXQGAK

Scripture: John 13:1- 17 (NIV)

Song: Love Like This (Lauren Daigle)

https://youtu.be/Br1q_i1RHPU?si=bxasvmz9tRtmoqbT

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11 (read from the NIV and The Message)

Songs: Beloved Let Us Love One Another - https://youtu.be/N9C1tAYgWBw?si=PEUpcl97oi5vSDAk  

& They will Know We are Christians by Our Love - https://youtu.be/bL5bT_Ezeq8?si=8Im4n5RI8eFFriCF

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-24 (The Message Bible)

Songs: A Mighty Fortress - https://youtu.be/oNeP7bGagqg?si=r7oSwEghdX78xvpA

 and The Battle Belongs to the Lord (Phil Wickham) - https://youtu.be/BiPNieLnt0s?si=5MTckAen_lq8TCqA

Scripture: Ephesians 5 21 - 6:9

Song - I Speak Jesus by Charity Gayle

https://youtu.be/SV4sYN173HY?si=aKvMpR9eJDjvI1xH

Scripture - Ephesians 5:6-20 (The Message)

Song - Blessed Assurance

https://youtu.be/rDeiy9-t2GE?si=IMwLFeCnzAvzGMK7

Scripture for today - Ephesians 5:1-5 (The Message)

Song - The Love of God (Mercy Me) 

https://youtu.be/Vq9LpAVysbM?si=9JSx9eDfscSOSw-u

Scripture - Ephesians 4:17-32 (The Message Bible paraphrase)

Song - Redeemed

link - https://youtu.be/32u5h8MEx_w?si=1JDQqRBGZb513A6b

Scripture: Psalm 75 (The Message)

I've been floating around in the readings based primarily on what I feel God speaking to me. I hope you find benefit in them. 

Song: What a Beautiful Name (HIllsong)

Link - https://youtu.be/r5L6QlAH3L4?si=82E2bZBsY4XF7zXa

Scripture - Ephesians 4:1-16 (NIV)

Song - I Surrender (Hillsong)

Link - https://youtu.be/jgsqfjRslzA?si=YSCKz038Wy6g3xGb

Today reading - Psalm 73 (NIV)

Suggested Song - He Will Be (City A Light)

https://youtu.be/TmQOUvSo-4M?si=3te1ddRxIzhwLUDp

Ephesians 3:14-21

Song: Higher Ground - by The Living Stones Quartet

https://youtu.be/mu45FEplgjY?si=YB7szrRu1rVJSDtJ

Ephesians 3:1-13

Song - Word of God Speak - Big Daddy Weave

https://youtu.be/p9Zh1FUbWjw?si=A9ksNvy5wR3l83CL

Psalm 69 from The Message Paraphrase - A Psalm describing how Jesus takes on our sin, our pain, our rejection, our anger and bears it, presenting it to the Father for Healing. 

Song - Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus by Lauren Daigle

https://youtu.be/5X85txs60yY?si=IbbJzrRZX6DBh8hV

Ephesians 2:11-22

Song - So Will I 

https://youtu.be/GfVd5x9W1Xc?si=iE0h-TP2ivB1vU1d

Ephesians 2:1-10

Suggested Song - The Goodness of God

link - https://youtu.be/-f4MUUMWMV4?si=g3a4MLFpLQc3Gfls

Psalm 62

Song link - https://youtu.be/TQRm9IrrMFM?si=edsC2vpK1H-meb2T

Ephesian's 1:15-23

Ephesian's 1:1-14

Scripture - Psalm 8

Song suggestion - You are Worthy of it All by Matt Redmon

This is the beginning of a series designed to assist you in observing lent in your workplace. Each episode has a scripture, a comment, a prayer and a song suggestion. 

There will be 5 each week through Easter. You are encouraged to find scripture, meditate and pray on your own the other 2 days of each week. 

God bless. 

1 Peter chapter one focus' on being born again to a new life in Christ. 

1 Peter chapter two focus' on growing up, living out our new life in Christ. 

The first three verses, the focus of this podcast talk about things we need to exchange if we are going to grow up. 

I hope you enjoy.

God's Provisions, HIs Salvation, His Life-giving Love, HIs Provision for a healthy soul are powerful, effective and guaranteed BUT we need to respond. Faith & Obedience are the prescribed responses. Just like when the doctor writes a prescription for us, we need to pick it up, take it, use it for it to become ours. In this podcast Peter, Paul and Jesus give us words of instruction and encouragement in exercising the gift of faith.

The Word of God is like a Seed that is planted into our lives and produces new life. 

God does not force His way into our lives so we need to respond and the primary response we are asked to give is to "Trust and Obey". Peter helps us understand what this looks like. 

I hope my words help you discover how you can respond to God in a way that brings new life to your day.

Peter begins to take his readers on a journey of discovering how to live out the salvation God has gifted them with. Living salvation in daily life requires "FAITH" but what does it look like. The rest of this book gives us help and encouragement in answering that question. Today's episode talks about keeping our mind in the right place, staying focused on the right things, trusting God who is right, who does things right and makes things right. 

All of us need salvation. Most of us will admit it at least at times. Peter joins the Salvation chorus of scripture as he ministers to the exiles in Asia Minor and to us. God's Salvation is for us today, not just for our eternal destiny, but for our everyday lives. 

The Apostle Peter lived in times just as desperate as we do today. He ministered to people who were confused about their circumstances, struggling with doubts about God and trying to survive in a hostile world. Peter begins addressing these folks with a a reminder of God's mercy and of God's power.