Month: September 2016

1 Peter 5:8 Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. I realized, when working on this passage, that I give little thought to the devil as I find that I am very capable of my own destruction. My flesh nature is enough of a distraction from God that…
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1 Peter 5:7 …Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. For me, writing a blog on anxiety is a little like writing a blog on motherhood. I may have some observational knowledge, but I just do not know what it is like to live it. What little anxiety I have known…
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1 Peter 5:5 Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. I imagine that if you only knew me from my writing, you may think me humble. I speak of my defects freely, giving the impression of humility. It is easy enough…
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1 Peter 5:2,3 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you… not for shameful gain… not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. When I was a sophomore in high school, I ran for class president as I thought it was a popularity contest and I desired the affirmation…
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1 Peter 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. I am fantastic at identifying meddlers. I can just sense when people have this defect of inserting themselves into every situation just because they are busybodies. When I see others doing this, it…
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1 Peter 4:12-14 Do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you…But rejoice… If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed… Two years ago, as I was sitting in treatment for chemical dependency, I told God that I was sick of my destruction and that I would…
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1 Peter 4:10,11 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace… by the strength that God supplies… I think if I were you, reading my blog, I would get tired of how often I write about our defects. I admittedly, am a little obsessed…
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1 Peter 4:8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. I have never found God’s plan to use people as his hands and feet here on earth to be a good one. Frankly, the thought that He is using me to reach anyone is terrifying. God, I am…
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1 Peter 4:3,7 For the time that is past suffices for… living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties and lawless idolatry… therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded. I believe this acronym (NSFW) stands for Not Safe For Work and is often used as a tagline for Internet links that are highly sexual in content. In…
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1 Peter 4:1,2 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking… so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. We often try to convince people how easy it is to be a…
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