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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3 Today, we come together as believers to celebrate the greatest day in all of human history—the day Jesus rose from the dead. We who are born again possess a hope that those without Christ can never understand. The world places its hope in the things of this world. They place

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a love of the brothers without hypocrisy, fervently love one another from the heart, 1 Peter 1:22 In the movie, The Princess Bride, Vizzini, Fezzik and Inigo Montoya have kidnapped the princess bride. They are on the ship and the hero, Westley, is in pursuit. Over and over, Vizzini keeps using the word inconceivable to describe that he cannot believe the hero is gaining on them. Inigo's rebuttal to Vizzini's con

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy .” 1 Peter 1:14-16 If you are a Christian, saved by grace, through faith, in Christ alone you are a child of God. Because we are His children we are expected to live a certain way, behave, and act a certain way. We are commanded to be like obedient children. As a fathe

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you . 1 Peter 4:12 Many of you have already heard or read about the persecution that is occurring against small Christian owed businesses across America. Below are a few examples; -An Oregon administrative law judge ruled on Jan. 29, 2015 that the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa did, in fact, discriminate in 2013 when they declined to provide a we