May 2023

READ: 1 Pet. 5:10-11: And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. Peter concludes his letter with extremely encouraging words. It is a […]

READ: Eph. 6:10-19 Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion … Resist him, steadfast in the faith… – 1 Pet. 5:7-9 Accepting everything from the hand of the Lord is a matter of faith. This is

READ: John 13:1-20. Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another … Therefore humble your­selves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time – 1 Pet. 5:5-6 Accepting authority, being submissive, and being humble are not easy or natural

READ: 1 Pet. 5:1-4: The elders … Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, … nor as being lords … but being examples to the flock; and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. Elders

READ: 1 Pet. 4:12-19: Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, … but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, … If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, …  For the time has come for judgment to begin at

READ: 1 Pet. 4:7-11: But the end of all things is at hand … have fervent love for one another … As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone

READ: 1 Pet. 4:1-6: Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, … that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles

READ: Eph. 1:15-23 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism … (the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God … – 1 Pet. 3:21-22 Just as the flood brought judgment upon the disobedient, it also

READ:  Gen. 6:1-8 …by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. – 1 Pet. 3:19,20 Just as Christ suffered

READ: Rom. 5:6-11 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 – 1 Pet. 3:18 Christ Himself has shown evidence that God brought Him to the highest glory after suffering and