Proverbs 16:18 reminds us “Pride goes before destruction”. Pride leads us to believe that we can, and should be able to, navigate the temptations and trials of life. We fail…
God cares about how we lead others for Him, as well as how we respond to the leaders God raises up in His church. The relationship of shepherds and sheep…
Insults will follow the name of Jesus in our day, as it did in His own. Peter reminds us, however, that what the world intends to bring us down in…
If you had all the money in the world and had one day to live, what would you do? Peter is reminding us we are “short-timers” on this earth. God…
Jesus was not looking forward to the suffering He would endure on the cross, but He knew it was the path of victory over sin for us. Consequently, Jesus remained…
When we made our decision to follow Jesus, we were stepping out of the world’s ways and into new ways that cause the world to wonder why we are the…
As a new creation in Jesus, we are expected to relate to one another in new ways; we are expected to place our unity in Christ ahead of our earthly…
Submission is not a word that we like – unless we are the one being submitted to. Peter presents our calling to submit to others as a testimony to the…
When we were born again through our faith in Jesus, we were born into a new Kingdom – God’s Kingdom. Peter reminds us this week, as new creations in Christ,…
Peter describes us as “living stones”, a “spiritual house”, a “holy, royal priesthood”, a “holy nation”, a “chosen race”, and “a people for God’s own possession”. These are powerful descriptors…