1 Peter 1:1-8 NCV
From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ.
To God’s chosen people…. God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood of the death of Jesus Christ.
1. God chose you long ago.
2. The Holy Spirit has been at work in your hearts cleansing you with the blood of Jesus.
Grace and peace be yours more and more.
3. God blesses you richly and grants you increasing freedom from all anxiety and fear.
We Have a Living Hope
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In God’s great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
4. His boundless mercy which gives us the privilege to be born again.
5. Being a member of God’s family. We live in hope of eternal life.
Now we hope for the blessings God has for his children. These blessings, which cannot be destroyed or be spoiled or lose their beauty, are kept in heaven for you.
God’s power protects you through your faith until salvation is shown to you at the end of time.
6. God’s mighty power that will get us home safely because we are trusting Him.
This makes you very happy, even though now for a short time different kinds of troubles may make you sad. These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.
7. There is wonderful joy in the trials that test our faith because our faith is more precious than mere gold to God.
You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You cannot see him now, but you believe in him. So you are filled with a joy that cannot be explained, a joy full of glory. 9 And you are receiving the goal of your faith—the salvation of your souls.
8. You love him even though you have not seen Him and you have guaranteed the salvation of your soul.
I too am so thankful for what I have. Tho the world would say I have nothing (no job, arthritis, lost my home etc.) I feel God has blessed me with the proof of His love, with Jesus, with the comfort of my humble apt., with food in my belly and shoes on my feet. I have family and friends, and most importantly I have Him. I look forward to His coming back for me someday, and when I watch Pastor Jim’s show, and watch what’s happening in this world, I keep my eyes focused up.
I am thankful for Jim Bakkers ministry. For David Wilkersons messages. I thank God for Dottie Rambo’s music and for Jason Crabb. I am thankful for every good and wonderful blessing God has allowed in my life. I am thankful I heard the gospel message as a child. I am thankful that God is my Father, Jesus is my Savior and King and the Holy Spirit teaches me. I am thankful my sins are covered and my name is written in heaven. I am thankful that I am thankful God stirred my heart to prepare for a storm is coming. For the confirmation thru Jim’s ministry that the next one is at the door. I am thankful for the Rabbi and his Harbinger warning. I am thankful that live or die we are the Lords.
Eight Things to be Thankful For
Dear Sir,
Those eight blessings from 1 Peter are for sure something to be very thankful to Jesus for.
Just reading those eight jewels of faith in Jesus led me to the part of scripture where Jesus returned to the disciples after eight days, where in John chapter 20 verse 26 Jesus came in the midst of them and said :-
…Peace be unto you…(KJV).
Sir with faith in him he is saying it to us and to all right now… Peace be unto you…
Thank you for your words and your great ministry.
God bless,
Stephen
Stoke-on-Trent
UK
Pray for my son David. He is an alcholic and is homeless. There is no helping him because he want help himself. I am not sure he can be helped but if anyone can help it would be JESUS.
tears just fell as I reaD THE EIGHT THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR. BEEN REALLY DEPRESSED THIS TIME OF YR. precious family aND FRIENDS HAD THERE TIME GOING TO BE WITH gOD . i JUST MISS THEM . BUT THANKFUL FOR THE MEMORIES. i HAVE MADE SO MANY MISTAKES THAT FAMILY SON ESP. SAYS i AM ALREADY DEAD. i KNOW HOW THE lORD FEELS WHEN WE REJECT HIM. gOD HAS BEEN DEALING WITH ME A LOT ABOUT THIS. i THANK GOD FOR THE rASBBI WHEN HE PRAYED i FELT GOD’S ARMS AROUND ME.i REDEDICATED MY LIFE WHEN HE PRAYED. BEING A SHUT IN IS HARD TO GET OUT OR EVEN FIND SOMEONE TO TAKE ME TO CHURCH . SO AM VERY THANKFUL FOR YOUR MINISTRY. GOD BLESS