We started this series with the foundational thought that all people compare themselves to others. Now the response we get back from others or how we perceive them stirs emotions. The strangeRead More…
Broken Promises
As we continue on our track of “Our Examples”, we hit this week on a very popular man; one that is actually known by many that don’t read the Holy Bible orRead More…
Little Help Over Here?
We go through life comparing ourselves to others, whether we like it or not. Don’t be mistaken, there are actually good reasons to compare. Not to compete but to complete. We striveRead More…
Humility
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded; beRead More…
Tending the Flock
1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going toRead More…
Suffering as a Christian
12 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. 13 But rejoice insofar as youRead More…
New ways
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, 2 so as to liveRead More…
It is inevitable
It will happen to the best, and the worst. Life does not exist without it. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, thanRead More…
Discipleship is the Key
The whole idea of applying rules and putting expectations on ourselves is no different than any religion. Whether it is Muslim, Islam or other religions, it is the concept of finding outRead More…
Called to be
Peter has spent the first two chapters and into this third chapter giving the principles of submission to authority, now he gets to this section and gives us practical applications. Have youRead More…