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1 Peter Chapter 1

Sep10

Today we start our journey through the book of 1 Peter.  The book was written by Peter one of the disciples of Jesus. I believe it was the same Peter who denied Jesus and on the day of Pentecost he had an encounter with the Holy Spirit and His life was transformed! Praise God!

My prayer is that as we read through this book, we will also have an encounter with the Holy Spirit and our lives will be transformed to be more and more like Christ. In Jesus Name

Reading chapter 1 this morning, below is the summary of the things I  gleaned from the chapter.

S-V2- God the father knew you and chose you long ago and His spirit has made you holy. As a result,  you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ.  May God give you more and more grace and peace.

V 25- what the Lord has said will stand forever!

O- 1) GOD knew us and chose us long b4 we were even born. Jeremiah 1:5 confirms this

2) Trials come our way to make our faith stronger. We have to endure to the end and we will enjoy the reward – the salvation of my soul, the inheritance God has prepared for us – eternal life.

3) God is able to protect us to the very end.

4) we shouldn’t be controlled by our desires but rather we should be obedient and live holy as God who called us his holy

5) God paid a great price 4 our soul, in return we need to make sure our lives honor him

6) The Holy spirit is the one who helps us to be obedient, therefore we must yield ourselves and cooperate with him so we can be all that God wants us to be.

7) We need to love others even as God loves us.

8) God’s word is Final! His word never changes.

A- 1) I can’t live my life anyhow I choose cos God paid a great price 4 me.

2) As I go about my day today Holy spirit helping me I will make sure my actions and words honor God.

P- 1) Dear God thanks for choosing us even b4 I was conceived.  You have great plans for us

2) Help us yeild to your spirit as we go about out day today and help us honor you in all we do and say

I will conclude with v18-21 from the message bible:“Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.”

Pls dont forget to share your thoughts from the chapter by replying to this thread. 

Have a blessed day Y’all and don’t forget God loves us too much to let us remain the way we are.

Welcome!!!!

Sep9

We going to be blogging thru d bible a chapter each day till we read the whole bible :). I got the idea from a friend who sent me a link to join a group of women doing the same thing. The group is called Good Morning girls.
You can follow the group on Facebook,Twitter, Pinterest, Youtube  and Instagram under the Profile: Women Living Well

The idea is we read a chapter of the bible each day using the SOAP method (I’ll explain the SOAP method below). We then share our findings together.

S stands for Scripture. Write the scriptures that jump at you while studying

O stands for Observation. Write down any observations from the chapter

A stands for Application. Write down actions from the chapter

P stands for Prayer. Write down prayer points from the chapter.

An example I did for Esther chapter 9

S – V1b: ….on the [very] day that the enemies of the Jews had planned for a massacre of them, it was turned to the contrary and the Jews had rule over those who hated them.

V25: But when Esther came before the king, he issued a decree causing Haman’s evil plot to backfire, and Haman and his sons were impaled on a sharpened pole.

O- 1) what the enemy meant for evil for the Jews, God turned it around for their good. Haman’s plot backfired on him.
2) Even though God was not mentioned in the whole book of Esther, we see his sovereignty at work especially with how things turned around for the Jews.

A- 1) GOD has the ability to turn around everything in my life that the enemy meant for evil. He is sovereign and has all power. I need to trust him and hand over my problems to him

2) I need to remind myself that God is always present and near to me even when I feel He is silent. He is always working out things in the background for my good.

P- GOD pls help me trust you more especially when I feel you are far from me. Pls cause all things to work together for my good.

We will be starting with the book of 1 Peter and as we go along I will send update on what book we will be reading next

I will start a blog each day for each chapter…please feel free to join in the discussion. The aim is to learn from each other as we study the bible. Iron sharpens iron 🙂

I pray the Holy Spirit will strengthen us as we embark on this journey.

I’m excited about what God’s gonna do as we begin to study.

Stay blessed

Jumbug.