Tag: endurance
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A Word About Suffering
1 Peter 4:19 “Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.” Suffering: one of best definitions I’ve ever heard for it was the following by Elizabeth Elliot: “having something we don’t want or wanting something we don’t have.” According to the verse above, a similar…
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Fiery Trials
1 Peter 4:12-13 “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.” How should we react when trouble…
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In Service
1 Peter 4:10-11 “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and…
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The Way We Think
1 Peter 4:1 “Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.” The Christian life is often referred to in the Bible as a spiritual war. Ephesians 6 calls us to put on the whole armor of God…
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To the Victor belongs the Spoil!
Psalm 119:162 “I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.” As with a number of Bible passages I’ve studied of late, I have to thank the late F.W. Boreham for his wonderful insights on the verse above. Boreham points out that one of the keys to understanding this verse is the idea…
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A Growing Faith
1 Peter 1:3-6 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who…
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The Suffering of the Believer
1 Peter 1:6 “. . . now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials . . .” One of the most wonderful things about the Bible is that it gives us God’s perspective on things. If you are a believer, that perspective changes everything. In 1 Corinthians 2:16, Paul tells…
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When Things Make No Sense
Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding” The Bible says so much to us in its economy of words. That’s why we are to meditate on it. We aren’t to quickly pass by what it says. One such example is the verse above. It’s…
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Wait for It!
Habakkuk 2:3 “. . . wait for it” How many times have you seen the words above as part of a YouTube video or Facebook post? Usually, it’s telling us to wait until the end because something very funny or surprising will happen in that videoclip, although it might at first not seem so. Bet…
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Will It Be Worth It All?
James 5:8 “Be patient . . . for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” Hebrews 11 has come to be known as “the faith chapter.” In it we are given numerous examples of believers who, through the ages, lived by faith. They were people like Moses who chose to wander in the wilderness…
To Encourage You 