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9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. Today’s Reading 2 Peter 3:1-9 In making yeast breads you have to get everything just right, or it won’t rise. The water has toContinue reading “30Nov 2011 2 Peter 3:9”

13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, Paul uses a wonderful metaphor to describe this earthly existence. He talks about the tent of this body. This current life is only temporary. This is not our permanent residence. In the Middle EastContinue reading “31Dec 2010 2Peter 1:13”

12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.  It is good to be reminded of the central truths of the faith. Even though I have been a believer for thirty four years, I still read and studyContinue reading “30Dec 2010 2Peter 1:12”

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keepContinue reading “29Dec 2010 2Peter 1:5-8”

3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. I love this verse! God’s power, not your own, has given us, not in the future, but in the past so that we still have it, everythingContinue reading “28Dec 2010 2Peter 1:3”

13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. Are you looking forward to the new heaven, or are you enjoying earth too much? What is truly mind-boggling is that there is a new heaven and a new earth. We willContinue reading “7Nov2008 2Pt 2:13”

3 In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. I am very wary of big-name speakers, those who travel the world with no rootedness in a local faith community. The reason I am waryContinue reading “6Nov2008 2Pt 2:3”

8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. I want my life to matter! If I were to die tomorrow, I would want people other than my immediate family to say they saw Jesus’ love inContinue reading “5Nov2008 2Pt 1:8”

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. This verse pictures our spiritual life like a building with successive floors, eachContinue reading “4Nov2008 2Pt 1:5-7”

3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Have you been online to check your bank balance lately? I do just about every day. I do it to make sure someone isn’t stealing my identity.Continue reading “3Nov2008 2Pt 1:3”