10 results for tag: 1 Peter

In the Word: Faith For this Outcome

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals.  If you are joining us for the first time today, make sure you don't miss the first posts in this series here.  Over several weeks, we are looking at 1 Peter 1:1-9 verse by verse.  As we study this passage together, we’d love you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dig into God's Word each week along with us!  "obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls." 1 Peter 1:9 READ: Continuing on with the theme in our 1 Peter 1:8 ...

In the Word: Our Present Joy

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals.  If you are joining us for the first time today, make sure you don't miss the first posts in this series here.  Over several weeks, we are looking at 1 Peter 1:1-9 verse by verse.  As we study this passage together, we’d love you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dig into God's Word each week along with us!  "Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible ...

In the Word: A Precious Faith

Welcome to Hope Mommies In the Word devotionals. If you are joining us for the first time today, make sure you don't miss the first posts in this series here. Over several weeks, we are looking at 1 Peter 1:1-9 verse by verse. As we study this passage together, we’d love you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dig into God's Word each week along with us!  "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 ...

In the Word: A Little While

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ first edition of In the Word devotionals.  If you are joining us for the first time today, make sure you don't miss the first posts in this series here.  Over several weeks, we are looking at 1 Peter 1:1-9 verse by verse.  As we study this passage together, we’d love you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dig into God's Word each week along with us!  "In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials," 1 Peter 1:6 READ: 1 Peter ...

In the Word: Already Ours

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. It is our desire that this series will aid you in getting in the Bible for yourself and discovering the joy that comes from hearing from God through the pages of His Word. "who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." 1 Peter 1:5 READ: Our heavenly future is being guarded on an on-going basis according to the language used here. It is being guarded even now, this minute. Why is that important? This means it is already ready and prepared. It already exists, and, even more, it already exists for us; it is already ...

In the Word: Protected

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. It is our desire that this series will aid you in getting in the Bible for yourself and discovering the joy that comes from hearing from God through the pages of His Word. "who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." 1 Peter 1:5a   READ: Our heavenly future, or, the final step in the process of our salvation (Romans 8:30), is being guarded heavily. Here, "guarded" gives the image of a military presence that is shielding what is of value. What kind of backing and resources does this "military presence" have? ...

In the Word: A Future That Won’t Be Ruined

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. It is our desire that this series will aid you in getting in the Bible for yourself and discovering the joy that comes from hearing from God through the pages of His Word. "to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you," READ: We as believers were included in Christ's last will (John 17:22). That means that with Him, we will inherit new bodies that can never die and a new environment that will not be governed by the effects of sin—like sorrow, tragedy, and pain. According to 1 Peter 1:23, our earthly faith came from the seed that will ...

In the Word: Hope Lives

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. It is our desire that this series will aid you in getting in the Bible for yourself and discovering the joy that comes from hearing from God through the pages of His Word.   “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 the dead,” READ: Living. What we have is a living hope. It is based on the two solid truths of the living Word of God (1 Pet. 1:23), and the living Stone (1 Pet. 2:4-5), who is Christ. As surely as Christ rose from the ...

In the Word: Where Hope Starts

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. It is our desire that this series will aid you in getting in the Bible for yourself and discovering the joy that comes from hearing from God through the pages of His Word. “According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with His blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.” 1 Peter 1:2 READ: While walking through this valley of grief and loss, the prospect of grace and peace multiplying in your life may seem completely far-fetched or out of reach. But let me—rather, let God's Word— ...

In the Word: We Are Sojourners

Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. It is our desire that this series will aid you in getting in the Bible for yourself and discovering the joy that comes from hearing from God through the pages of His Word. “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,”1 Peter 1:1 READ: Peter begins his letter by addressing the elect exiles. As believers in Christ, we can relate deeply with this phrase. On this earth, you and I are sojourners, strangers, exiles, resident aliens, and pilgrims. Do you feel like you do not belong here? You are ...