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I Peter 1 “Do you realize how fortunate you are? Angels would have given anything to be in on this!” (I Peter 1:12) Thoughts… Even before the Good News was announced at Bethlehem’s manger and authenticated at Calvary’s cross, rumors were spreading in heaven’s court that something big was about [...]
Read II Peter 3:1-18 “Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be?” (II Peter 3:11) Thoughts… There are a lot of us believers who live like Planet Earth is our forever home. We set our priorities, plan our activities, and spend our [...]
Read II Peter 2:1-22 “But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you.” (II Peter 2:1) Thoughts… Oswald Chambers said, “The Bible treats us as human life does—roughly.” In the entire second chapter of Peter’s second letter, the Apostle really goes after [...]
Read II Peter 1:1-21 “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” (II Peter 1:20-21) Thoughts… [...]
Read I Peter 4:7-5:14 “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” (I Peter 5:7) Thoughts… The only person whose problems are truly all behind him is a school bus driver. Everybody “gots” problems—lots of them! Worries, anxieties and challenges are a plenty in this day and [...]
Read I Peter 3:7-4:6 “Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will bless you for it.” (I Peter 3:9) Thoughts… In his autobiography, Number 1, the [...]
Read I Peter 2:11-3:7 “Live such good lives among your unbelieving neighbors that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.” (I Peter 2:12) Thoughts… One of the greatest examples given to us in Scripture of [...]
Ray Noah
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