Första Petrusbrevet 1:2

Life is hard, but God is good. The ability to choose each day to love God, give thanks, and feel the joy in our hearts is available to us. But it does require a little practice. Embrace this 3-day plan to cultivate a truly happy heart through joy in Jesus!

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.

Many of us loved tracking our heights when we were children! Though we all desired to grow, many of us experienced physical pain as a result of our growth; these were known as growing pains. It was fun and exciting to grow, but the process to get there wasn’t always a joy. That’s how it is in our life a lot of the time. We desperately want to grow, and we love to grow, yet there is a pain that happens through the growth. Click "Start Plan" now, and learn how to embrace God admist life's inevitable growing pains.

Have difficult circumstances in your life led you to settle for a mentality of simply surviving? The message of 1 Peter is a lifeline to us in our suffering! It lifts us out of our stagnation and empowers us to live with purpose for God within our trials!