In The Word Read: 1 Peter 2:18-25 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are harsh. 19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person endures grief when suffering unjustly.20 For what credit is there […]
Month: June 2023
Chosen By God
In The Word Read: 1 Peter 2:4-17 As Living Stones 4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by people, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer […]
Protect Your Mind
In The Word Read: 1 Peter 1:12 – 2:3 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yoursin your ignorance, 15 but like […]
Hold Fast To Your Faith
In The Word Read: 1 Peter 1:1-12 A Living Hope and a Sure Salvation 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as strangers, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey […]
Sin Is An Act, Not A Person
In The Word Read: Judges 21 Mourning a Lost Tribe 21 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin in marriage.” 2 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and raised their voices and wept profusely. 3 And they said, […]
One Vision, One Strategy
In The Word Read: Judges 20 Resolve to Punish the Guilty 20 Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one person to the Lord at Mizpah. 2 And the leaders of all the people, all the tribes of Israel, took their […]
Depravity Without God
In The Word Read: Judges 19 A Levite’s Concubine Raped and Killed 19 Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 But […]
Do Not Turn Away
In The Word Read: Judges 17-18 Micah’s Idolatry 17 Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.2 And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and also spoke it in my hearing, behold, the silver […]
You Can Win In The End
In The Word Read: Judges 16 Samson’s Weakness 16 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute there, and had relations with her. 2 When it was reported to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. And […]
A Godly Anger
In The Word Read: Judges 14-15 Samson’s Marriage 14 Then Samson went down to Timnah, and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he came back and told his father and mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; so now, get […]