OUR DAILY BREAD " THE BLESSED HOPE
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:42 pmAugust 12
Monday
THE BLESSED
HOPE
READ:
2 Peter 3:10-18
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[We look] for the
blessed hope and
glorious appearing
of our great God and
Savior Jesus Christ.
__Titus
______________________________________________________________________________________
So many predictions of the end of the world have come and gone. Those predictions are unsettling and often fill people with fear. Yet the Bible does refer to a time called "the day of the Lord" when He will return. It will happen, but only God knows when.
It's a day that Jesus' followers can look forward to. In light of that time to come, the apostle Peter tells us how the believer can live with a joyful purpose (2 Peter 3:10-18). We can look upward by living Christ-honoring lives (v.11). We can look inward by making every effort to be found at peach with God (v.14). And we can look outward by being on guard so we aren't carried away by the wrong influence of others (v.17).
How do we do this? By "grow[ing] in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (v.18). When we grow in character through His written Word, we begin to relate more closely to Jesus, the Living Word. The Holy Spirit takes God's Word and guides us in the way to live.
The day of the Lord shouldn't be a fearful day for Jesus' followers. Our King will return to make all things right and to rule forever. We wait for that time with great anticipation. It is our "blessed hope" (Titus 2:13). __C. P. Hia
`````````````````And for the hope of His return,````````````````
```````````````Dear Lord, Your name we praise;````````````````
```````````With longing hearts we watch and wait```````````````
````````````For that great day of days! __Sherwood`````````````
___________________________________________________________________________________________
One day Jesus will return to rule and reign!
**************************Today's Bible Reading __ 2 Peter 3:10-18******************************
10 But the day of the Lord
will come as a thief in the
night...; both the earth and
the works that are in it will
be burned up.
11 Therefore, since all these
things will be dissolved,
what manner of persons
ought you to be in holy
conduct and godliness,
12 looking for and hastening
the coming of the day of
God, because of which the
heavens will be dissolved,
being on fire, and the
elements will melt with
fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless
we, according to His
promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth in
which righteousness dwells.
14 Therefore, beloved,
looking forward to these
things, be diligent to be
found by Him in peace,
without spot and blameless;
15 and consider that the
longsuffering of our Lord is
salvation__as also our
beloved brother Paul,
according to the wisdom
given to him, has written to
you, 16 as also in all his
epistles, speaking in them of
these things, in which are
some things hard to
understand, which untaught
and unstable people twist to
their own destruction, as
they do also the rest of the
Scriptures.
17 You therefore, beloved,
since you know this
beforehand, beware lest you
also fall from your own
steadfastness, being led away
with the error of the wicked;
18 but grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. To Him
be the glory both now and
forever. Amen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Prophecies are not given just to excite our expectations about the
future. They also serve as a reminder of the kind of holy lives we are
expected to live (v.11). All we now see will pass away and will be
replaced by something new and eternal.
Monday
THE BLESSED
HOPE
READ:
2 Peter 3:10-18
_____________________________________________________________________________________
[We look] for the
blessed hope and
glorious appearing
of our great God and
Savior Jesus Christ.
__Titus
______________________________________________________________________________________
So many predictions of the end of the world have come and gone. Those predictions are unsettling and often fill people with fear. Yet the Bible does refer to a time called "the day of the Lord" when He will return. It will happen, but only God knows when.
It's a day that Jesus' followers can look forward to. In light of that time to come, the apostle Peter tells us how the believer can live with a joyful purpose (2 Peter 3:10-18). We can look upward by living Christ-honoring lives (v.11). We can look inward by making every effort to be found at peach with God (v.14). And we can look outward by being on guard so we aren't carried away by the wrong influence of others (v.17).
How do we do this? By "grow[ing] in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (v.18). When we grow in character through His written Word, we begin to relate more closely to Jesus, the Living Word. The Holy Spirit takes God's Word and guides us in the way to live.
The day of the Lord shouldn't be a fearful day for Jesus' followers. Our King will return to make all things right and to rule forever. We wait for that time with great anticipation. It is our "blessed hope" (Titus 2:13). __C. P. Hia
`````````````````And for the hope of His return,````````````````
```````````````Dear Lord, Your name we praise;````````````````
```````````With longing hearts we watch and wait```````````````
````````````For that great day of days! __Sherwood`````````````
___________________________________________________________________________________________
One day Jesus will return to rule and reign!
**************************Today's Bible Reading __ 2 Peter 3:10-18******************************
10 But the day of the Lord
will come as a thief in the
night...; both the earth and
the works that are in it will
be burned up.
11 Therefore, since all these
things will be dissolved,
what manner of persons
ought you to be in holy
conduct and godliness,
12 looking for and hastening
the coming of the day of
God, because of which the
heavens will be dissolved,
being on fire, and the
elements will melt with
fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless
we, according to His
promise, look for new
heavens and a new earth in
which righteousness dwells.
14 Therefore, beloved,
looking forward to these
things, be diligent to be
found by Him in peace,
without spot and blameless;
15 and consider that the
longsuffering of our Lord is
salvation__as also our
beloved brother Paul,
according to the wisdom
given to him, has written to
you, 16 as also in all his
epistles, speaking in them of
these things, in which are
some things hard to
understand, which untaught
and unstable people twist to
their own destruction, as
they do also the rest of the
Scriptures.
17 You therefore, beloved,
since you know this
beforehand, beware lest you
also fall from your own
steadfastness, being led away
with the error of the wicked;
18 but grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. To Him
be the glory both now and
forever. Amen.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Prophecies are not given just to excite our expectations about the
future. They also serve as a reminder of the kind of holy lives we are
expected to live (v.11). All we now see will pass away and will be
replaced by something new and eternal.