Through Suffering, Day 5 Grow up! Read 1 Peter 2:1-3. As Peter explains here, when we ask Christ into our hearts, we are newborn babies. Our responsibility is to grow up in our faith. We must learn and study and understand more and more of who God is. Are we taking our responsibility to learn about Christ seriously? What are we doing each day to help ourselves grow in Him?

Through Suffering, Day 4 What do we put our faith and hope in. Read 1 Peter 1:17-25. As we continue to see God working and moving through all that Peter is writing, we understand that the relationship we have with Jesus Christ is what defines all that we do. Here, Christ is what we put our faith and our hope in. Because of all that Christ has done, we can have faith and hope in him. Because of Christ’s relationship with God (he is God), we can be made right with God. God raised Jesus Christ from the dead and glorified him. When we are putting our faith in trust…

Through Suffering, Day 3 Be holy. Read 1 Peter 3:13-16. It sounds so simple. Yet, Peter’s statement that we are to be holy as Christ is holy is so challenging to all of us. Jesus Christ is holy. God himself is holy. Our actions and all that we do are to align with God. Because of our relationship with Jesus Christ, he is to be holy through us each and every day.

Through Suffering, Day 2 Shielded through faith. Read 1 Peter 1:3-12. The people that Peter was writing to were going through tremendous suffering and persecution. So, Peter doesn’t waste any time jumping right to the heart of the message. Suffering is only for a time, and God indicates that he will shield us through faith until the final salvation. We are going to go through suffering in this life. Sometimes, its a lot. Sometimes we don’t have a lot of choice and that is just our circumstances. God knows. God sees. Our situation is never unknown to God. Peter is reminding us that God shields us through faith so as…

Through Suffering, Day 1 Offering of grace. Read 1 Peter 1:1-2. The Books of Peter was written by the apostle to the churches that are suffering and experiencing persecution. These churches are looking for hope in the midst of their difficult experiences. They’re going through suffering and need to know how to respond. Peter writes these books to them. We’re going to take some time to go through these books in detail, starting with the first two verses here. Peter spends the introduction reminding them that they have been chosen and that God is giving them everything they need to be able to make it through their situation. Grace and…