1 Peter 1:8b "Inexpressible Joy" (Perseverance Week 3)

1 Peter 1:8b "Inexpressible Joy" (Perseverance Week 3)

Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory. (ESV) and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him...
1 Peter 1:8a "The Unseen" (Perseverance Week 2)

1 Peter 1:8a "The Unseen" (Perseverance Week 2)

Though you have not seen him, you love him.  (ESV) Though you have not seen him, you love him; (NIV) As kids, many of us had imaginary friends or even believed in Santa Claus. As...
1 Peter 1:7 "Friction" (Perseverance Week 1)

1 Peter 1:7 "Friction" (Perseverance Week 1)

so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ....
1 Peter 1:6 "Numb or Rejoice" - (Inheritance Week 4)

1 Peter 1:6 "Numb or Rejoice" - (Inheritance Week 4)

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials (ESV) In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have...
1 Peter 1:5 "More to Come"- (Inheritance Week 3)

1 Peter 1:5 "More to Come"- (Inheritance Week 3)

who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (ESV) who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation...
1 Peter 1:4 "Imperishable" - (Inheritance Week 2)

1 Peter 1:4 "Imperishable" - (Inheritance Week 2)

to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you (ESV) and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you (NIV)...
1 Peter 1:3 "Born Again" -  (Inheritance Week 1)

1 Peter 1:3 "Born Again" - (Inheritance Week 1)

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...
1 Corinthians 3:7 "Who Gives the Growth" - (Bearing Fruit Week 4)

1 Corinthians 3:7 "Who Gives the Growth" - (Bearing Fruit Week 4)

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. (ESV) So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God,...
John 15:4 "Abide" - (Bearing Fruit Week 3)

John 15:4 "Abide" - (Bearing Fruit Week 3)

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. (ESV) Remain in me, as I...