So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.” And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.” For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake. Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.
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3 Days
This 3-day plan explores what Peter says about being holy. Many verses in the Bible are about being holy. We know that God is holy, but why would we want to be holy? Because Jesus said that’s how we have to be. The plan complements the free children’s game app Guardians of Ancora.
1 Peter was written to early Christians scattered throughout Asia Minor. Peter called his beloved readers “elect exiles” because they were suffering for their faith and longing for their heavenly home. Desiring to encourage them to live victoriously while trusting the Lord, he identified three living things they had in their sojourning. You also have these things, Christian: a living hope, the living Word, and the living stone–Jesus Christ himself.
4 Days
What we think about most impacts the decisions and direction of our life. Think lies, and you’ll fall. Think truth, and you’ll arrive at God’s calling and promises for your life. In this five-day study, you’ll learn how to fight off the accusations and temptations that we all struggle with and win the battle for your mind.
Chocolate bunnies…puffy marshmallow chicks…pastel-colored clothes you only wear once a year…it must be Easter season! Join us as we PREPARE our hearts for this truth: Jesus kept God’s promises by dying on a cross for our sins and then raising back to life!
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