by lighthouse | Jan 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter 3:18 “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. Peter offers each of us very sound advise. Study His Word, work on becoming faith filled, dedicate your life to Him and in everything you do let Him lead you. While living such a life you and I will be abundantly blessed. Have a great weekend.
by lighthouse | Jan 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter 3:13 “But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.” God has never made a promise He did not fulfill. It is impossible for our God to do anything other than perfection. The promise: He will return. The promise: He will create a new heaven and earth. The promise: You and I, along with all faith filled adopted children will enjoy the tremendous benefits of God’s second coming. As humans we have a little fear of Jesus’ second coming. Let that fear go—has God ever not taken care of you? Let His complete love for us eliminate all fear, always.
by lighthouse | Jan 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter 3:11 “Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives.” Living life is not easy. Living life representing our God is not easy. Living life as an adopted, loved child of God is not easy. Living life holy and godly is impossible. We all need a Savior. Fortunately our Savior lives and we are saved. Can you think of a greater blessing?
by lighthouse | Jan 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter 3:8 “But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” God has no beginning and God has no end. You and i cannot possibly understand that concept because everything we do revolves around time–a beginning and an ending. To God there is no such thing. This truth is as confounding as to what motivates God to love you and me. There is no logical reason we can apply. God is timeless and His love is boundless. Praise God!
by lighthouse | Jan 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter 2:19b “…for people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.” What controls you? What controls me? What controls every person on the face of the earth? Control is what makes everyone think and live and interact with others. Are we controlled by our Heavenly Father or are we controlled by the way some philosophy of this world presents itself. Let’s live the best life–that which makes us slaves to our Lord and Savior.
by lighthouse | Jan 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter 1:21 “For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” The Bible is the inspired Word of God. Imagine—The Almighty God, the Holy Spirit breathed into the human authors of Scripture and told them exactly what to write. Therefore, you and I do not have only an interesting Book to study, we have an Absolute Truth Book of which there is no other. We have a perfect Book with perfect Truth. Wouldn’t it be foolish to not read and study such a Book? Have a great weekend.
by lighthouse | Jan 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter 1:15 “And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.” You and I have the responsibility of passing on the truths of Scriture to our children, grandchildren and any other children or adults we come in contact with. If we ignore this responsibility it will take only one generation for God’s truths to fade into a mindset of irrelevant. How sad the consequences of ignoring responsibility.
by lighthouse | Jan 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter 1:12 “So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.” God repeatedly reminds us of His great love for each of us. He could just state a truth once, but He knows that we, as forgetful followers need continual reminders. Spouses to each other, parents to children, family mambers to each other, grandparents to grandchildren etc. are continually expressing the same love thoughts to each other. Why? You tell me.
by lighthouse | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter 1:5-7 “For this reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverence, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.” The qualities of a faith filled Christian = goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, mutual affection and love. You and I have our work cut out for 2024.
by lighthouse | Jan 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
II Peter I:4 “Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. How could our God’s promises be anything other than GREAT and PRECIOUS? When we live the life style He demands–He promises the result is a successful life—guaranteed. When we live admiring and attempting to live the life style of anyone or anything other than God—-our lives will be full of sadness and disappointment. You and I make the choice–2024 can be a great year.
by lighthouse | Dec 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
II Peter 1:3 “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.” Our purpose for living is to honor our God while living the life He intends each of us to live. Do you wake up in the morning and say to yourself—what am I going to do today?—or do you wake up in the morning and ask—-what does God want me to do today? Or–what has God prepared for me to do today? The first question focuses on me while the second question focuses on our Creator. We do well focusing on our Creator.
by lighthouse | Dec 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
II Peter 1:2 “Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord.” The grace and peace which we receive from our relationship with our Heavenly Father are two invisible gifts whose value is far beyond measure. Had you been given a Rolls-Royce or Lamborghini for Christmas probably your next door neighbor and many reatives would be excited for you and probably a little jealous. Imagine the excitement when you tell them all you love the grace and peace you received for Christmas from your Heavenly Father. We should all be a million times more excited than getting just a car.
