Week of April 20, 2008, 1 Peter 2:2-10
One of the Scriptures for Sunday is from the first lesson of Peter, chapter 2, verses 2 to 10:
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 As you come to him, the living Stone-- rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him--
5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame."
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone,"
8 and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message-- which is also what they were destined for.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Dear Jesus, thanks that You are a great God, a living Stone. While rejected two thousand years ago and put to death, You are the Capstone, the One we rely on, the One we trust, the One that if it was removed, we would all fall. Jesus,
You have called us to be a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to You, living stones – to declare Your praise and glory, for You have called us out of darkness into Your wonderful light.
Jesus, thanks for Your light in my life, Your mercy received and continue to receive, Your presence with me, with each of us each day. Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His strength and His great peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
You may leave a message or a prayer request by e-mailing me at: peacewm@tds.net.
Thanks, and may you know that God is with you now and always.
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 As you come to him, the living Stone-- rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him--
5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
6 For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame."
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, "The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone,"
8 and, "A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message-- which is also what they were destined for.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Dear Jesus, thanks that You are a great God, a living Stone. While rejected two thousand years ago and put to death, You are the Capstone, the One we rely on, the One we trust, the One that if it was removed, we would all fall. Jesus,
You have called us to be a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to You, living stones – to declare Your praise and glory, for You have called us out of darkness into Your wonderful light.
Jesus, thanks for Your light in my life, Your mercy received and continue to receive, Your presence with me, with each of us each day. Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His strength and His great peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
You may leave a message or a prayer request by e-mailing me at: peacewm@tds.net.
Thanks, and may you know that God is with you now and always.
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