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But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."
Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 Peter 4:7-10
Here Peter is being extremely sober. He is thinking of the most challenging of times. He is thinking of the end. What he highlights as critically important might be surprising as the remarks that he really wants left with his readers:
1. Be devoted to prayer - well maybe this is less surprising, we should always be vigilent in prayer. Prayer should not be that which we turn to in times of need or when in trouble. rather develop a
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I was asked this morning by someone after one of our Church services "How do I pray?" What a great question. Jesus was asked the same question so I gave him the same response ... Something like this:
Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
So He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. Luke 11:1-4
Start your prayer in PRAISE. Thanksgiving and praise open up a way into the
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"Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart." Jeremiah 24:7
We did not find Christ but He found and caught us. We surrendered, He transformed us. We became born all over again. He gave us a new heart. That makes us a child of God - 'His people'.
Yet Jeremiah tells us there is something we need to be sure to do - 'Return to me with their WHOLE HEART'.
Whole heart is not a vague acknowledgment, a piece or a part, its not "have my spirit but not my soul", "have my intellect but not my possessions", "my words but not my heart" ... 'Whole heart' is everything.
This is devotion. Devotion literally means to adore, to worship, to revere.
Devotion is what the human h