1 PETRU 1:24-25

Is your faith merely a truth of biblical doctrine or truth of transformational experience? It can be both, but we often limit ourselves to one or the other. I pray these biblical meditations will help you experience the transforming presence of the Holy Spirit. That you will encounter and live life according to the Spirit and find the true peace and security you seek in the presence of God.

Share this devotional with others as Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this powerful message. The flesh is temporary — Christ is eternal. Choose to surrender to God’s Way of doing things. Choose to focus on feeding your spirit. When you surrender your heart to God, your focus will begin to shift. When you surrender to Christ, your priorities will begin to change. Crush the flesh and focus on Christ.

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.