1 Peter

I was listening to a podcast recently declaring our need to have a foundation in the word. Francis Chan, the preacher of this particular podcast, went on to challenge his congregation to read 1 Peter every day for the week and come back ready to delve into 2 Peter the next week. Seeming like an interesting challenge I started to read 1 peter with the intention of reading it through and not stopping to interpret just to simply read and develop a broad understanding of the text. In the midst of this I found francis chans comments on how hard that should be because of how amazing Gods word is when we look at it with the intent to uncover the Lords character and barely made it through the first chapter before having to stop and reread and meditate a bit on what exactly was being said. with all that said I challenge anyone reading this blog to spend some time in a specific book this week and read it through several times and allow it to sit in your thoughts and meditate on it. It still amazes me at how alive the scriptures become when we seek Gods heart for it and how sometimes in my selfish attempts to gain knowledge the Lord humbles me and shows me his heart anyway. Take some time to be found in him this week...the author and perfector of our faith wants to continue to reconcile you back to himself. I will continue to blog on what exactly this book tells me this week. I pray you take the time this week to get out of your comfort zone and allow your heart to be aligned with the Heart of the creator! I pray we will seek him because when we earnestly seek him his kingdom comes crashing into earth!!

Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk so by it you may grow up in your salvation now that you have TASTED that the Lord is GOOD. 1 Peter 2:1-3