1 Peter 1:4-10<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0For we know, brothers and sisters\u00a0loved by God,\u00a0that he has chosen you,\u00a05\u00a0because our gospel\u00a0came to you not simply with words but also with power,\u00a0with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know\u00a0how we lived among you for your sake.\u00a06\u00a0You became imitators of us\u00a0and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy\u00a0given by the Holy Spirit.\u00a07\u00a0And so you became a model\u00a0to all the believers in Macedonia\u00a0and Achaia.\u00a08\u00a0The Lord\u2019s message\u00a0rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia\u2014your faith in God has become known everywhere.\u00a0Therefore we do not need to say anything about it,\u00a09\u00a0for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned\u00a0to God from idols\u00a0to serve the living and true God,\u00a010\u00a0and to wait for his Son from heaven,\u00a0whom he raised from the dead\u2014Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.<\/i><\/p>\n
2 Corinthians 5:20<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.<\/i><\/p>\n
Matthew 5:16<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0In the same way,\u00a0let\u00a0your\u00a0light\u00a0shine before others, that they may see\u00a0your\u00a0good deeds and glorify\u00a0your Father in heaven.<\/i><\/p>\n
Family, let us not share to the world what does not belong to them.\u00a0 Let us give to God what belongs to God and let us share with the world what God would have us share with them.\u00a0 We are ambassadors of the Most High God.\u00a0 Ambassadors do not share their personal messages with whom they were sent to.\u00a0 Ambassadors are called to live and speak as the authority they represent has sent them to do.\u00a0 Let us share our hurts and concerns firstly with and God and with our countryman.\u00a0 Let us share the Good News and our faith to each the world.\u00a0 For truly the Good News and our faith is what is most important about us.\u00a0 It is what is most important to the world. Will we bleed onto those we call to a better life?\u00a0 Is that attractive?<\/p>\n
Do we hurt, let us speak first to God and then to each other.\u00a0 How do we help any in the world if focus on our wounds rather than on grace and hope that defines us?\u00a0 It does define us, right?<\/p>\n
Praise God and let hope abound.\u00a0 Share our hope with others because to us our hope, God\u2019s thoughts and message, is much more important than any of our thoughts.\u00a0 Let\u2019s uncover the light.\u00a0 The world has enough darkness.\u00a0 They, like us, need the Light of God.\u00a0 Let us carry the flame and keep it bright.\u00a0 The Lord has entrusted us to do that. Praise God!<\/p>\n
Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n
Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n
Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 Peter 1:4-10\u00a0–\u00a0For we know, brothers and sisters\u00a0loved by God,\u00a0that he has chosen you,\u00a05\u00a0because our gospel\u00a0came to you not simply with words but also with power,\u00a0with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know\u00a0how we lived among you for your sake.\u00a06\u00a0You became imitators of us\u00a0and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[129,101,94,90,17],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-corinthians","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-peter","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1364,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}