1Peter 1:10 - Prayer Tents

1I, Peter, am an apostle on assignment by Jesus, the Messiah, writing to exiles scattered to the four winds. Not one is missing, not one forgotten.G4074G652G2424G5547G3927G1290G4195G1053G2587G773G2532G9782God the Father has his eye on each of you, and has determined by the work of the Spirit to keep you obedient through the sacrifice of Jesus. May everything good from God be yours!G1588G2596G4268G2316G3962G1722G38G4151G1519G5218G2532G4473G129G2424G5547G5485G5213G2532G1515G4129

A New Life

3What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we've been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for,G2128G2316G2532G3962G2257G2962G2424G5547G3588G2596G846G4183G1656G313G2248G313G1519G2198G1680G1223G386G2424G5547G1537G34984including a future in heaven—and the future starts now!G1519G2817G862G2532G283G2532G263G5083G1722G3772G1519G52095God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you'll have it all—life healed and whole.G3588G5432G1722G1411G2316G1223G4102G1519G4991G2092G601G1722G2078G25406I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime.G1722G3739G21G737G3641G1487G1163G2076G3076G1722G4164G39867Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it's your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory.G2443G1383G5216G4102G4183G5093G5553G622G1223G1161G1381G4442G2147G1519G1868G2532G5092G2532G1391G1722G602G2424G55478You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don't see him, yet you trust him—with laughter and singing.G3739G1492G3756G1492G1492G25G1519G3739G737G3708G3361G1161G4100G21G5479G412G2532G13929Because you kept on believing, you'll get what you're looking forward to: total salvation.G2865G5056G5216G4102G4991G559010The prophets who told us this was coming asked a lot of questions about this gift of life God was preparing.G4012G3739G4991G4396G1567G2532G1830G3588G4395G4012G5485G1519G520911The Messiah's Spirit let them in on some of it—that the Messiah would experience suffering, followed by glory. They clamored to know who and when.G2045G1519G5101G2228G4169G2540G4151G5547G3588G1722G846G1213G4303G3804G1519G5547G2532G1391G3326G502312All they were told was that they were serving you, you who by orders from heaven have now heard for yourselves—through the Holy Spirit—the Message of those prophecies fulfilled. Do you realize how fortunate you are? Angels would have given anything to be in on this!G3739G601G3754G3756G1438G1161G2254G1247G846G3739G312G3568G312G5213G1223G2097G5209G1722G40G4151G649G575G3772G3739G32G1937G3879G1519

A Future in God

13So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that's coming when Jesus arrives.G1352G328G3751G5216G1271G3525G1679G5049G1909G5485G5342G5213G1722G602G2424G554714Don't lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn't know any better then; you do now.G5613G5218G5043G3361G4964G4386G1939G1722G5216G5215As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness.G235G2596G2564G5209G40G2532G1096G846G40G1722G3956G39116God said, "I am holy; you be holy."G1360G1125G1096G40G3754G1473G1510G4017You call out to God for help and he helps—he's a good Father that way. But don't forget, he's also a responsible Father, and won't let you get by with sloppy living. Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God.G2532G1487G1941G3962G3588G678G2919G2596G1538G2041G390G5550G5216G3940G1722G540118It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in.G1492G3754G3084G3756G3084G5349G694G2228G5553G1537G5216G3152G391G397019He paid with Christ's sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb.G235G5093G129G5547G5613G286G299G2532G78420And 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.G3303G4267G4253G2602G2889G1161G5319G1909G2078G5550G1223G520921It'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.G3588G1223G846G4100G1519G2316G1453G846G1453G1537G3498G2532G1325G846G1391G5620G5216G4102G2532G1680G1511G1519G231622Now that you've cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it.G48G5216G5590G1722G5218G225G1223G4151G1519G505G5360G25G240G1537G2513G2588G161923Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God's living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself!G313G3756G1537G5349G4701G235G862G1223G3056G2316G2198G2532G3306G1519G16524That's why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop,G1360G3956G4561G5613G5528G2532G3956G1391G444G5613G438G5528G5528G3583G2532G438G846G160125God's Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.G1161G4487G2962G3306G1519G165G1161G5124G2076G4487G3588G2097G1519G5209