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May 1 - 1 Peter 5 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is, Thursday.
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  It's the 1st of May. A pinch and a punch and all
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  that. Hope you're going well on this
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  first day of the next month. And did you know there's
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  something quite profound about today because it is the first of
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  the 5th 2025. So if you add up 15 and 25, you
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  get 31, which is the number of days in the month.
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  There might be something in there for all of us or not at
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  all. No, I doubt that very much.
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  Happy, happy made to you. Lovely to have your company as
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  today. Friends, we are going to finish
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  off this first letter that Peter writes to his friends spread all
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  around the world. So here he will offer some final
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  advice and then a final greeting.
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  So this is for us as we are spread all around the world
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  doing our best to live our Christian lives in a world that
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  is most decidedly not a Christian world.
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  So join me friends, as we hear these words for us written all
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  that time ago in First Peter Chapter 5.
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  And now a word to you who are elders in the churches.
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  I too am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ, and
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  I too will share in His glory when He is revealed to the whole
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  world. As a fellow elder, I appeal to
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  you. Care for the flock that God has
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  entrusted to you. Watch it willingly, not
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  grudgingly, not for what you will get out of it, but because
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  you are eager to serve God. Don't Lord it over the people
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  assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example,
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  and when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a
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  crown of never ending glory and honour.
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  In the same way, you who are younger must accept the
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  authority of the elders, and all of you dress yourselves in
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  humility as you relate to one another.
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  For God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
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  So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God and at the
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  right time He will lift you up in honour.
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  Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.
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  Stay alert. Watch out for your great enemy,
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  the devil. He prowls around like a roaring
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  lion looking for someone to devour.
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  Stand firm against him and be strong in your faith.
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  Remember that your family of believers all over the world is
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  going through the same kind of suffering you are.
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  In His kindness, God called you to share in His eternal glory by
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  means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a
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  little while, He will restore, support and strengthen you, and
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  He will place you on a firm foundation.
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  All power to Him forever. Amen.
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  I've written and sent this short letter to you with the help of
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  Silas, whom I commend to you as a faithful brother.
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  My purpose in writing is to encourage you and assure you
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  that what you are experiencing is truly part of God's grace for
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  you. Stand firm in this grace.
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  Your sister church here in Babylon sends you greetings and
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  so does my son Mark. Greet each other with a kiss of
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  love. Peace be with all of you who are
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  in Christ. Oh Lord, right in the middle of
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  this chapter, you give us the most beautiful encouragement and
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  gift. Ah, Jesus, you tell us that it's
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  you who cares for us and that we don't need to puff ourselves up,
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  but we can live humbly under your mighty power and that you
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  will lift us up. We don't have to do that
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  ourselves and that we don't have to hold onto our worries and
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  cares, but we can give them to you because you are not an
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  impartial God sitting on the judgement seat without any
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  empathy or involvement or love. No, you are a deeply invested,
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  kind, loving God who cares for us, who will lift us up and
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  advocate on our behalf for us. And you will take those
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  concerns, those cares that weigh us down, and you will care for
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  us. Instead.
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  Help us fall into your all encompassing embrace, living in
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  your provision and your care, knowing that we don't have to do
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  this for ourselves, because we have you, our loving, gracious,
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  kind, perfect Saviour. And we pray all of this in your
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  name, Jesus, Amen.