Author: Margarita

I'm Margaret (AKA "Margarita"). I am a Christian, wife, mother of three, and grandmother (AKA "Mimi") of three. My husband Stace and I met many, many years ago. We have had our share of up and downs but I'm forever grateful that he is the man God blessed me with. I am happy to report we have been married for 25 years. I love this space on the internet. I create blog posts about faith, my Christian Walk, and our life on the farm. I have learned from the Word of the Lord. I hope this space will give you encouragement and inspiration in your walk with God. I speak on topics that make some breathe a sigh of relief and make others get pretty uncomfortable. I believe that there is power in transparency and that as children of God, we shouldn't hold anything back. Yes, even those raw and messy parts of our Life's Journey. Over the last several years, I have wrestled with my purpose, struggled with various sins, survived some severe injuries, and was diagnosed with severe illnesses that have stopped me in my tracks. Although these dark times have been tough, my walk with God and family has proven to be so fulfilling and sweet, regardless of any earthly circumstance. Christ is enough! And I want you to see that He is enough for you too. The Lord has put it on my heart to share His Word with you. I'm truly honored to meet you and hope you'll introduce yourself to me as well.
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I WILL EXTOL THE LORD / PSALMS 34:1-22

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(KJV) Psalms 34:1-22

I WILL EXTOL THE LORD / PSALMS 34:1-22

The writer of this psalm is filled with enthusiasm and excitement as he praises God for a miraculous rescue from his deep troubles. The fact that God heard and answered the psalmist’s prayer encourages other followers of God to believe that they will also experience His goodness and care through extremely difficult times.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 33:18-19
  2. THE WORD … THE BREATH / PSALMS 33:6
  3. I WILL INSTRUCT YOU / PSALMS 32:8
  4. I ACKNOWLEDGED MY SIN / PSALMS 32:5
  5. WHEN I KEPT SILENT MY BONES WASTED AWAY / PSALMS 32:3-4
  6. DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST HIM / PSALMS 32:2
  7. BLESSED IS HE WHOSE TRANSGRESSIONS ARE FORGIVEN / PSALMS 32:1
  8. MASKIL / PSALMS 32
  9. INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT / PSALMS 31:5
  10. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 31:1-24
  11. FELT SECURE / PSALMS 30:6
  12. IF YOU REMAIN SILENT / PSALMS 28:1-9
  13. I AM STILL CONFIDENT / PSALMS 27:13
  14. ONE THING I ASK / PSALMS 27:4
  15. I LOVE THE HOUSE WHERE YOU LIVE / PSALMS 26:8
  16. GOD IS SO GOOD – ALL THE TIME!
  17. FEAR HIM / PSALMS 25:14
  18. HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM / PSALMS 25:12
  19. FORGIVE MY INIQUITY / PSALMS 25:11
  20. SHOW ME YOUR WAYS / PSALMS 25:4
  21. KING OF GLORY / PSALMS 24:7
  22. HE WILL RECEIVE BLESSING / PSALMS 24:5
  23. CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART / PSALMS 24:4
  24. GOODNESS AND LOVE / PSALMS 23:6
  25. PREPARE A TABLE / PSALMS 23:5
  26. YOU ARE WITH ME / PSALMS 23:4
  27. HE RESTORES MY SOUL / PSALMS 23:3
  28. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN / PSALMS 23:2
  29. MY SHEPHERD – I SHALL NOT BE IN WANT / PSALMS 23:1
  30. THE LORD / PALMS 23:1-6
  31. FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL BE TOLD ABOUT THE LORD / PSALMS 22:30-31
  32. TO MY BROTHERS / PSALMS 22:22
  33. DIVIDE MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM / PSALMS 22:18
  34. PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET / PSALMS 22:16
  35. THERE IS NO ONE TO HELP / PSALMS 22:11-17
  36. HE TRUSTS IN THE LORD / PSALMS 22:8
  37. SHAKING THEIR HEADS / PALMS 22:7
  38. I CRY OUT … YOU DO NOT ANSWER / PSALMS 22:2
  39. MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE OU FORSAKEN ME? / PSALMS 22:1
  40. MY GOD / PSALMS 22:1-31
  41. ANSWER YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN DISTRESS / PSALMS 20:1 – 21:13
  42. MOUTH … HEART BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT – O LORD MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER / PSALMS 19:14
  43. FORGIVE MY HIDDEN FAULTS / PSALMS 19:12
  44. THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT / PSALMS 19:7-11
  45. THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD / PSALMS 19:1
  46. I LOVE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 18:1-50
  47. MY ROCK MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER / PSALMS 18:2
  48. THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE / PSALMS 17:8-9
  49. HEAR O LORD / PSALMS 17:1
  50. NOT ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE / PSALMS 16:9-10
  51. SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME / PSALMS 16:8
  52. ASSIGNED ME MY PRTION AND MY CUP / PSALMS 16:5
  53. APART FROM YOU I HAVE NO GOOD THING / PSALMS 16:2
  54. WHO KEEPS HIS OATH EVEN WHEN IT HURTS / PSALMS 15:4
  55. WHO MAY DWELL IN YOUR SANCTURARY? PSALMS 15:1
  56. THE FOOL / PSALMS 14:1-7
  57. MY HEART REJOIES IN YOUR SALVATION / PSALMS 13:5
  58. WILL YOU FORGET ME FOREVER? / PSALMS 13:1
  59. HELP LORD / PSALMS 12:1-8
  60. THOSE WHO LOVE VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATES / PALMS 11:5
  61. IN THE LORD I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 11:1-7
  62. FROM AMBUSH HE MURDERS THE INNOCENT / PSALMS 10:8-10
  63. IN HIS ARROGANCE THE WICKED MAN HUNTS / PSALMS 10:2
  64. DO YOU STAND FAR OFF? / PSALMS 10:1-18
  65. THE NEEDY WILL NOT ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN / PSALMS 9:18
  66. JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS / PSALMS 9:8
  67. DESTROYED THE WICKED / PSALMS 9:5
  68. I WILL PRAISE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 9:1-2
  69. WITH GLORY AND HONOR / PSALMS 8:5
  70. THE SON OF MAN / PSALMS 8:3-6
  71. WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART / PSALMS 7:10
  72. I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 7:1
  73. DELIVER ME FROM ALL WHO PURSUE ME / PSALMS 7:1-17
  74. I AM WORN OUT FROM GROANING / PSALMS 6:6
  75. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 6:4
  76. HEAL ME / PSALMS 6:2
  77. DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER / PSALMS 6:1-10
  78. YOU HATE ALL WHO DO WRONG / PSALMS 5:5-6
  79. YOU HEAR MY VOICE / PSALMS 5:3
  80. WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM / PSALMS 4:3
  81. ANSWER ME / PSALMS 4:1-8
  82. I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP / PSALMS 3:5
  83. YOU ARE A SHIELD … YOU BESTOW GLORY / PSALMS 3:3
  84. SELAH / PALMS 3:2
  85. HOW MANY ARE MY FOES! / PSALMS 3:1-8
  86. WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE / PSALMS 2:1-12
  87. THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE / PSALMS 2:8
  88. MY SON TODAY I HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER / PSALMS 2:7
  89. HIS ANOINTED ONE / PSALMS 2:2
  90. THE WICKED / PSALMS 1:4-6
  91. STREAMS OF WATER / PSALMS 1:3
  92. HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW / PSALMS 1:2
  93. BLESSED IS THE MAN / PSALMS 1:1
  94. HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE FORMED / PSALMS 103:14
  95. COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 103:13
  96. FORGIVES … HEALS / PSALMS 103:3-16
  97. PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL / PSALMS 103:1-2
  98. NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM / PSALMS 145:18
  99. THE LORD IS GRACIOUS / PSALMS 145:8
  100. EVERY DAY I WILL PRAISE YOU / PSALMS 145:1-2
  101. BLESSED – THE LAW / PSALMS 119:1
  102. YOUR WORD IS … A LIGHT FOR MY PATH / PSALMS 119:05
  103. CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15
  104. Guided By Grace About

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog post! May the words inspire and uplift all who read them. Your support and interest mean the world to me, and I’m grateful for every moment you spend here. Stay tuned for more, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!

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ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 33:18-19

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(KJV) Psalms 33:18-19

Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 33:18-19

While the “eyes of the LORD” are on all people (Psalms 33:13-14), He watches over in a special way those who “fear Him” (Psalms 34:15) – those whose hearts are filled with awe and respect for His power and holiness (purity, completeness and separation from evil). God’s “eyes” refer to God’s loving care and oversight of our lives. “To deliver them from death and … famine” means that as long as we fear the Lord, put our hope in Him, wait patiently for Him to act and keep following His plans, God will watch over and protect us so that we will not die unless it is part of His plan.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. THE WORD … THE BREATH / PSALMS 33:6
  2. I WILL INSTRUCT YOU / PSALMS 32:8
  3. I ACKNOWLEDGED MY SIN / PSALMS 32:5
  4. WHEN I KEPT SILENT MY BONES WASTED AWAY / PSALMS 32:3-4
  5. DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST HIM / PSALMS 32:2
  6. BLESSED IS HE WHOSE TRANSGRESSIONS ARE FORGIVEN / PSALMS 32:1
  7. MASKIL / PSALMS 32
  8. INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT / PSALMS 31:5
  9. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 31:1-24
  10. FELT SECURE / PSALMS 30:6
  11. IF YOU REMAIN SILENT / PSALMS 28:1-9
  12. I AM STILL CONFIDENT / PSALMS 27:13
  13. ONE THING I ASK / PSALMS 27:4
  14. I LOVE THE HOUSE WHERE YOU LIVE / PSALMS 26:8
  15. GOD IS SO GOOD – ALL THE TIME!
  16. FEAR HIM / PSALMS 25:14
  17. HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM / PSALMS 25:12
  18. FORGIVE MY INIQUITY / PSALMS 25:11
  19. SHOW ME YOUR WAYS / PSALMS 25:4
  20. KING OF GLORY / PSALMS 24:7
  21. HE WILL RECEIVE BLESSING / PSALMS 24:5
  22. CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART / PSALMS 24:4
  23. GOODNESS AND LOVE / PSALMS 23:6
  24. PREPARE A TABLE / PSALMS 23:5
  25. YOU ARE WITH ME / PSALMS 23:4
  26. HE RESTORES MY SOUL / PSALMS 23:3
  27. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN / PSALMS 23:2
  28. MY SHEPHERD – I SHALL NOT BE IN WANT / PSALMS 23:1
  29. THE LORD / PALMS 23:1-6
  30. FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL BE TOLD ABOUT THE LORD / PSALMS 22:30-31
  31. TO MY BROTHERS / PSALMS 22:22
  32. DIVIDE MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM / PSALMS 22:18
  33. PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET / PSALMS 22:16
  34. THERE IS NO ONE TO HELP / PSALMS 22:11-17
  35. HE TRUSTS IN THE LORD / PSALMS 22:8
  36. SHAKING THEIR HEADS / PALMS 22:7
  37. I CRY OUT … YOU DO NOT ANSWER / PSALMS 22:2
  38. MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE OU FORSAKEN ME? / PSALMS 22:1
  39. MY GOD / PSALMS 22:1-31
  40. ANSWER YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN DISTRESS / PSALMS 20:1 – 21:13
  41. MOUTH … HEART BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT – O LORD MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER / PSALMS 19:14
  42. FORGIVE MY HIDDEN FAULTS / PSALMS 19:12
  43. THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT / PSALMS 19:7-11
  44. THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD / PSALMS 19:1
  45. I LOVE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 18:1-50
  46. MY ROCK MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER / PSALMS 18:2
  47. THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE / PSALMS 17:8-9
  48. HEAR O LORD / PSALMS 17:1
  49. NOT ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE / PSALMS 16:9-10
  50. SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME / PSALMS 16:8
  51. ASSIGNED ME MY PRTION AND MY CUP / PSALMS 16:5
  52. APART FROM YOU I HAVE NO GOOD THING / PSALMS 16:2
  53. WHO KEEPS HIS OATH EVEN WHEN IT HURTS / PSALMS 15:4
  54. WHO MAY DWELL IN YOUR SANCTURARY? PSALMS 15:1
  55. THE FOOL / PSALMS 14:1-7
  56. MY HEART REJOIES IN YOUR SALVATION / PSALMS 13:5
  57. WILL YOU FORGET ME FOREVER? / PSALMS 13:1
  58. HELP LORD / PSALMS 12:1-8
  59. THOSE WHO LOVE VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATES / PALMS 11:5
  60. IN THE LORD I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 11:1-7
  61. FROM AMBUSH HE MURDERS THE INNOCENT / PSALMS 10:8-10
  62. IN HIS ARROGANCE THE WICKED MAN HUNTS / PSALMS 10:2
  63. DO YOU STAND FAR OFF? / PSALMS 10:1-18
  64. THE NEEDY WILL NOT ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN / PSALMS 9:18
  65. JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS / PSALMS 9:8
  66. DESTROYED THE WICKED / PSALMS 9:5
  67. I WILL PRAISE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 9:1-2
  68. WITH GLORY AND HONOR / PSALMS 8:5
  69. THE SON OF MAN / PSALMS 8:3-6
  70. WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART / PSALMS 7:10
  71. I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 7:1
  72. DELIVER ME FROM ALL WHO PURSUE ME / PSALMS 7:1-17
  73. I AM WORN OUT FROM GROANING / PSALMS 6:6
  74. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 6:4
  75. HEAL ME / PSALMS 6:2
  76. DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER / PSALMS 6:1-10
  77. YOU HATE ALL WHO DO WRONG / PSALMS 5:5-6
  78. YOU HEAR MY VOICE / PSALMS 5:3
  79. WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM / PSALMS 4:3
  80. ANSWER ME / PSALMS 4:1-8
  81. I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP / PSALMS 3:5
  82. YOU ARE A SHIELD … YOU BESTOW GLORY / PSALMS 3:3
  83. SELAH / PALMS 3:2
  84. HOW MANY ARE MY FOES! / PSALMS 3:1-8
  85. WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE / PSALMS 2:1-12
  86. THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE / PSALMS 2:8
  87. MY SON TODAY I HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER / PSALMS 2:7
  88. HIS ANOINTED ONE / PSALMS 2:2
  89. THE WICKED / PSALMS 1:4-6
  90. STREAMS OF WATER / PSALMS 1:3
  91. HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW / PSALMS 1:2
  92. BLESSED IS THE MAN / PSALMS 1:1
  93. HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE FORMED / PSALMS 103:14
  94. COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 103:13
  95. FORGIVES … HEALS / PSALMS 103:3-16
  96. PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL / PSALMS 103:1-2
  97. NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM / PSALMS 145:18
  98. THE LORD IS GRACIOUS / PSALMS 145:8
  99. EVERY DAY I WILL PRAISE YOU / PSALMS 145:1-2
  100. BLESSED – THE LAW / PSALMS 119:1
  101. YOUR WORD IS … A LIGHT FOR MY PATH / PSALMS 119:05
  102. CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15
  103. Guided By Grace About

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog post! May the words inspire and uplift all who read them. Your support and interest mean the world to me, and I’m grateful for every moment you spend here. Stay tuned for more, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!

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THE WORD … THE BREATH / PSALMS 33:6

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(KJV) Psalms 33:6

 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

THE WORD … THE BREATH / PSALMS 33:6

The word translated ‘breath” (Hebrew ruach) can also mean “spirit.” The breath of God is in this way equal to the activity of God’s Spirit. This verse contains an important Biblical truth: the power of God’s Word united with the power of God’s Spirit (recognized and applied through our faith) always releases the creative power of God to work in and through His people.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. I WILL INSTRUCT YOU / PSALMS 32:8
  2. I ACKNOWLEDGED MY SIN / PSALMS 32:5
  3. WHEN I KEPT SILENT MY BONES WASTED AWAY / PSALMS 32:3-4
  4. DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST HIM / PSALMS 32:2
  5. BLESSED IS HE WHOSE TRANSGRESSIONS ARE FORGIVEN / PSALMS 32:1
  6. MASKIL / PSALMS 32
  7. INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT / PSALMS 31:5
  8. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 31:1-24
  9. FELT SECURE / PSALMS 30:6
  10. IF YOU REMAIN SILENT / PSALMS 28:1-9
  11. I AM STILL CONFIDENT / PSALMS 27:13
  12. ONE THING I ASK / PSALMS 27:4
  13. I LOVE THE HOUSE WHERE YOU LIVE / PSALMS 26:8
  14. GOD IS SO GOOD – ALL THE TIME!
  15. FEAR HIM / PSALMS 25:14
  16. HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM / PSALMS 25:12
  17. FORGIVE MY INIQUITY / PSALMS 25:11
  18. SHOW ME YOUR WAYS / PSALMS 25:4
  19. KING OF GLORY / PSALMS 24:7
  20. HE WILL RECEIVE BLESSING / PSALMS 24:5
  21. CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART / PSALMS 24:4
  22. GOODNESS AND LOVE / PSALMS 23:6
  23. PREPARE A TABLE / PSALMS 23:5
  24. YOU ARE WITH ME / PSALMS 23:4
  25. HE RESTORES MY SOUL / PSALMS 23:3
  26. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN / PSALMS 23:2
  27. MY SHEPHERD – I SHALL NOT BE IN WANT / PSALMS 23:1
  28. THE LORD / PALMS 23:1-6
  29. FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL BE TOLD ABOUT THE LORD / PSALMS 22:30-31
  30. TO MY BROTHERS / PSALMS 22:22
  31. DIVIDE MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM / PSALMS 22:18
  32. PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET / PSALMS 22:16
  33. THERE IS NO ONE TO HELP / PSALMS 22:11-17
  34. HE TRUSTS IN THE LORD / PSALMS 22:8
  35. SHAKING THEIR HEADS / PALMS 22:7
  36. I CRY OUT … YOU DO NOT ANSWER / PSALMS 22:2
  37. MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE OU FORSAKEN ME? / PSALMS 22:1
  38. MY GOD / PSALMS 22:1-31
  39. ANSWER YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN DISTRESS / PSALMS 20:1 – 21:13
  40. MOUTH … HEART BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT – O LORD MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER / PSALMS 19:14
  41. FORGIVE MY HIDDEN FAULTS / PSALMS 19:12
  42. THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT / PSALMS 19:7-11
  43. THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD / PSALMS 19:1
  44. I LOVE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 18:1-50
  45. MY ROCK MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER / PSALMS 18:2
  46. THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE / PSALMS 17:8-9
  47. HEAR O LORD / PSALMS 17:1
  48. NOT ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE / PSALMS 16:9-10
  49. SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME / PSALMS 16:8
  50. ASSIGNED ME MY PRTION AND MY CUP / PSALMS 16:5
  51. APART FROM YOU I HAVE NO GOOD THING / PSALMS 16:2
  52. WHO KEEPS HIS OATH EVEN WHEN IT HURTS / PSALMS 15:4
  53. WHO MAY DWELL IN YOUR SANCTURARY? PSALMS 15:1
  54. THE FOOL / PSALMS 14:1-7
  55. MY HEART REJOIES IN YOUR SALVATION / PSALMS 13:5
  56. WILL YOU FORGET ME FOREVER? / PSALMS 13:1
  57. HELP LORD / PSALMS 12:1-8
  58. THOSE WHO LOVE VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATES / PALMS 11:5
  59. IN THE LORD I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 11:1-7
  60. FROM AMBUSH HE MURDERS THE INNOCENT / PSALMS 10:8-10
  61. IN HIS ARROGANCE THE WICKED MAN HUNTS / PSALMS 10:2
  62. DO YOU STAND FAR OFF? / PSALMS 10:1-18
  63. THE NEEDY WILL NOT ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN / PSALMS 9:18
  64. JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS / PSALMS 9:8
  65. DESTROYED THE WICKED / PSALMS 9:5
  66. I WILL PRAISE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 9:1-2
  67. WITH GLORY AND HONOR / PSALMS 8:5
  68. THE SON OF MAN / PSALMS 8:3-6
  69. WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART / PSALMS 7:10
  70. I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 7:1
  71. DELIVER ME FROM ALL WHO PURSUE ME / PSALMS 7:1-17
  72. I AM WORN OUT FROM GROANING / PSALMS 6:6
  73. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 6:4
  74. HEAL ME / PSALMS 6:2
  75. DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER / PSALMS 6:1-10
  76. YOU HATE ALL WHO DO WRONG / PSALMS 5:5-6
  77. YOU HEAR MY VOICE / PSALMS 5:3
  78. WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM / PSALMS 4:3
  79. ANSWER ME / PSALMS 4:1-8
  80. I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP / PSALMS 3:5
  81. YOU ARE A SHIELD … YOU BESTOW GLORY / PSALMS 3:3
  82. SELAH / PALMS 3:2
  83. HOW MANY ARE MY FOES! / PSALMS 3:1-8
  84. WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE / PSALMS 2:1-12
  85. THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE / PSALMS 2:8
  86. MY SON TODAY I HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER / PSALMS 2:7
  87. HIS ANOINTED ONE / PSALMS 2:2
  88. THE WICKED / PSALMS 1:4-6
  89. STREAMS OF WATER / PSALMS 1:3
  90. HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW / PSALMS 1:2
  91. BLESSED IS THE MAN / PSALMS 1:1
  92. HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE FORMED / PSALMS 103:14
  93. COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 103:13
  94. FORGIVES … HEALS / PSALMS 103:3-16
  95. PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL / PSALMS 103:1-2
  96. NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM / PSALMS 145:18
  97. THE LORD IS GRACIOUS / PSALMS 145:8
  98. EVERY DAY I WILL PRAISE YOU / PSALMS 145:1-2
  99. BLESSED – THE LAW / PSALMS 119:1
  100. YOUR WORD IS … A LIGHT FOR MY PATH / PSALMS 119:05
  101. CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15
  102. Guided By Grace About

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog post! May the words inspire and uplift all who read them. Your support and interest mean the world to me, and I’m grateful for every moment you spend here. Stay tuned for more, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!” Blessings, Margarita & Stace

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THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVES YOU / JOHN 16:27

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(KJV) John 16:27

For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVES YOU / JOHN 16:27

God the Father loves all people (John 3:16). But it is also true that He has a special family love for those who have accepted His Son, Jesus, received His forgiveness and have been restored to a right relationship with Him. God takes special care of those who love Him and remain loyal to Him even while enduring trouble in this world (John 16:33). Our love for Jesus allows us to experience the Father’s affection for us. Love responds to love.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  2. HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH / JOHN 16:13
  3. CONVICT THE WORLD / JOHN 16:8
  4. IF I GO I WILL SEND HIM / JOHN 16:7
  5. THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO / JOHN 15:20
  6. GO AND BEAR FRUIT / JOHN 15:16
  7. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  8. ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH / JOHN 15:7
  9. LIKE A BRANCH THAT IS THROWN AWAY / JOHN 15:6
  10. REMAIN IN ME / JOHN 15:4
  11. EVERY BRANCH / JOHN 15:2
  12. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  13. I AM THE TRUE VINE / JOHN 15:1
  14. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  15. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  16. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  17. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS / JOHN 14:21
  18. I WILL COME TO YOU / JOHN 14:18
  19. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH – WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU / JOHN 14:17
  20. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  21. IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY / JOHN 14:15
  22. ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 14:13
  23. GREATER THINGS / JOHN 14:12
  24. I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE / JOHN 14:6
  25. I WILL COME BACK / JOHN 14:3
  26. MY FATHER’S HOUSE / JOHN 14:1-4
  27. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  28. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  29. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  30. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  31. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  32. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  33. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  34. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  35. THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE / JOHN 12:39-40
  36. DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF / JOHN 12:32
  37. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT / JOHN 12:31
  38. WHOEVER SERVES ME / JOHN 12:26
  39. HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD / JOHN 12:25
  40. SON OF MAN … GLORIFIED / JOHN 12:23-24
  41. MARY … POURED IT ON JESUS’ FEET / JOHN 12:3
  42. FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD / JOHN 11:52
  43. THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT / JOHN 11:44
  44. JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35
  45. DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT / JOHN 11:33
  46. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
  47. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
  48. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
  49. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
  50. SICKNESS … FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
  51. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  52. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  53. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  54. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
  55. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
  56. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
  57. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
  58. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
  59. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
  60. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
  61. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
  62. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
  63. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
  64. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  65. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
  66. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
  67. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  68. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  69. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
  70. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
  71. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  72. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
  73. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
  74. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  75. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  76. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  77. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  78. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
  79. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
  80. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
  81. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
  82. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
  83. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
  84. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
  85. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
  86. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
  87. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
  88. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
  89. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
  90. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
  91. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
  92. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  93. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
  94. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
  95. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
  96. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
  97. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
  98. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
  99. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
  100. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
  101. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
  102. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  103. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  104. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  105. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  106. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  107. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  108. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  109. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  110. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
  111. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
  112. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
  113. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
  114. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
  115. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  116. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  117. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  118. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  119. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  120. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  121. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  122. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  123. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  124. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  125. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  126. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  127. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  128. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  129. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  130. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  131. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  132. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  133. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  134. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH / JOHN 16:13

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) John 16:13

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH / JOHN 16:13

The convicting work of the Holy Spirit (John 16:8) is not only directed toward those who do not know Christ (John 16:7; John 16:8), but it also operated in and among Christians to teach, correct and guide them into truth (Matthew 18:15; 1 Timothy 5:20; Revelation 3:19).

  1. The Holy Spirit also will speak to God’s people about sin, the righteousness of Christ and the judgment of evil in order to (a) develop within them a Christlike character and a desire to live by His standard of right and wrong (2 Corinthians 3:18), (b) guide them in their understanding of and ability to live by the truth and (c) honor Christ through their lives (John 16:14). In these ways, the Holy Spirit works within Christ’s followers to develop and reflect Christ’s holiness (moral purity, spiritual wholeness, separation from evil and dedication to God) in their lives. 
  2. If Spirit-filled Christians reject the Spirit’s guidance and convicting work (John 16:8), and if they do not “by the Spirit … put to death the misdeeds of the body” (Romans 8:13), then they are setting themselves against God and will be judged for that choice. Only those who receive and respond to the truth and are “led by the Spirit of God” are true “sons [or daughters] of God” (Romans 8:14), who are able to experience the benefits of the Spirit’s life within them (Ephesians 5:18). Sin (opposition, resistance and rebellion against God) hinders and destroys the life and work of the Holy Spirit within the believer (Romans 6:23; 8:13; Galatians 5:17-18; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:19-20).

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  1. CONVICT THE WORLD / JOHN 16:8
  2. IF I GO I WILL SEND HIM / JOHN 16:7
  3. THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO / JOHN 15:20
  4. GO AND BEAR FRUIT / JOHN 15:16
  5. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  6. ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH / JOHN 15:7
  7. LIKE A BRANCH THAT IS THROWN AWAY / JOHN 15:6
  8. REMAIN IN ME / JOHN 15:4
  9. EVERY BRANCH / JOHN 15:2
  10. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  11. I AM THE TRUE VINE / JOHN 15:1
  12. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  13. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  14. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  15. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS / JOHN 14:21
  16. I WILL COME TO YOU / JOHN 14:18
  17. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH – WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU / JOHN 14:17
  18. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  19. IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY / JOHN 14:15
  20. ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 14:13
  21. GREATER THINGS / JOHN 14:12
  22. I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE / JOHN 14:6
  23. I WILL COME BACK / JOHN 14:3
  24. MY FATHER’S HOUSE / JOHN 14:1-4
  25. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  26. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  27. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  28. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  29. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  30. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  31. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  32. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  33. THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE / JOHN 12:39-40
  34. DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF / JOHN 12:32
  35. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT / JOHN 12:31
  36. WHOEVER SERVES ME / JOHN 12:26
  37. HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD / JOHN 12:25
  38. SON OF MAN … GLORIFIED / JOHN 12:23-24
  39. MARY … POURED IT ON JESUS’ FEET / JOHN 12:3
  40. FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD / JOHN 11:52
  41. THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT / JOHN 11:44
  42. JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35
  43. DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT / JOHN 11:33
  44. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
  45. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
  46. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
  47. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
  48. SICKNESS … FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
  49. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  50. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  51. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  52. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
  53. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
  54. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
  55. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
  56. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
  57. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
  58. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
  59. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
  60. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
  61. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
  62. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  63. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
  64. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
  65. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  66. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  67. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
  68. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
  69. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  70. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
  71. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
  72. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  73. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  74. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  75. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  76. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
  77. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
  78. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
  79. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
  80. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
  81. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
  82. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
  83. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
  84. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
  85. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
  86. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
  87. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
  88. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
  89. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
  90. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  91. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
  92. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
  93. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
  94. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
  95. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
  96. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
  97. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
  98. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
  99. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
  100. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  101. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  102. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  103. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  104. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  105. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  106. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  107. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  108. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
  109. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
  110. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
  111. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
  112. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
  113. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  114. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  115. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  116. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  117. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  118. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  119. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  120. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  121. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  122. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  123. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  124. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  125. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  126. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  127. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  128. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  129. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  130. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  131. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  132. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  133. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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CONVICT THE WORLD / JOHN 16:8

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) John 16:8

 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

CONVICT THE WORLD / JOHN 16:8

The Holy Spirit’s main role with respect to promoting the message of Christ is to “convict the world.” The term “convict” (Greek elencho) means to expose, refute and convince. 

  1. The Spirit’s work of convicting operated in three areas. (a) Sin. The Holy Spirit will expose sin and unbelief in order to awaken in an individual a consciousness of guilt and a need for forgiveness. Conviction also makes clear the tragic results of rejecting Christ and persisting in sin (going our own way apart from God). After experiencing the Spirit’s conviction, each person must make a choice about Christ. The hope is that this leads to true repentance and a turning to Jesus as Savior and Lord – the forgiver of one’s sins and the Leader of one’s life (Acts 2:37-38). (b) Righteousness. The Spirit convinces the spirit of a person that Jesus is the Son of God who came and showed the right way to God. He reveals that a right relationship with God does not depend on our own good works or efforts, but on Christ’s death on the cross for our sins. If we accept His forgiveness and turn over the rule of our lives to Him, His Spirit will empower us to do what is right by God’s standards and to overcome the ungodly ways and temptations of the world (Acts 3:12-16; 7:51-60; 17:31; 1 Peter 3:18). (c)Judgment. The Spirit convinces people of Satan’s defeat, which Christ secured and guaranteed by His death on the cross for our sin (John 12:31; 16:11). The Spirit also makes people aware of God’s present judgment of the world (Romans 1:18-32) and the future judgment of the entire human race, including each individual’s personal accountability to God (Matthew 16:27; Acts 17:31; 24:25; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Jude 1:14).
  2. The Spirit’s work of convicting people of sin, righteousness and judgment will be evident in all who are baptized in the Holy Spirit (“filled” with the Spirit and consumed by His power) and are truly living as Spirit-filled believers. Christ Himself, filled with the Spirit (Luke 4:1-2), testified to the world that “what it does is evil” (John 7:6-7; John 15:18) and called people to repent and turn to God (Matthew 4:17). John the Baptist, “filled with the Holy Spirit” from birth (Luke 1:15), exposed the sin of the Jewish people and commanded them to change their ways (Matthew 11:7; Luke 3:1-20). Peter, “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:4), preached a message that convinced 3,000 people of their sin and guilt, calling them to turn from their sin and receive God’s forgiveness (Acts 2:37-41).
  3. Any minister or church that is afraid to expose sin and call for repentance (a change of attitude toward God that causes a person to turn from sin and to surrender to God’s purposes) and godly living is not directed by the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 14:24-25 clearly states that God’s presence in a congregation will expose the sin of unbelievers (secrets of their hearts, their God-defying ways) so that they can experience the Spirit’s conviction and Christ’s salvation.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. IF I GO I WILL SEND HIM / JOHN 16:7
  2. THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO / JOHN 15:20
  3. GO AND BEAR FRUIT / JOHN 15:16
  4. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  5. ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH / JOHN 15:7
  6. LIKE A BRANCH THAT IS THROWN AWAY / JOHN 15:6
  7. REMAIN IN ME / JOHN 15:4
  8. EVERY BRANCH / JOHN 15:2
  9. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  10. I AM THE TRUE VINE / JOHN 15:1
  11. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  12. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  13. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  14. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS / JOHN 14:21
  15. I WILL COME TO YOU / JOHN 14:18
  16. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH – WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU / JOHN 14:17
  17. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  18. IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY / JOHN 14:15
  19. ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 14:13
  20. GREATER THINGS / JOHN 14:12
  21. I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE / JOHN 14:6
  22. I WILL COME BACK / JOHN 14:3
  23. MY FATHER’S HOUSE / JOHN 14:1-4
  24. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  25. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  26. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  27. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  28. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  29. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  30. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  31. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  32. THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE / JOHN 12:39-40
  33. DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF / JOHN 12:32
  34. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT / JOHN 12:31
  35. WHOEVER SERVES ME / JOHN 12:26
  36. HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD / JOHN 12:25
  37. SON OF MAN … GLORIFIED / JOHN 12:23-24
  38. MARY … POURED IT ON JESUS’ FEET / JOHN 12:3
  39. FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD / JOHN 11:52
  40. THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT / JOHN 11:44
  41. JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35
  42. DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT / JOHN 11:33
  43. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
  44. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
  45. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
  46. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
  47. SICKNESS … FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
  48. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  49. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  50. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  51. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
  52. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
  53. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
  54. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
  55. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
  56. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
  57. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
  58. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
  59. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
  60. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
  61. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  62. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
  63. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
  64. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  65. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  66. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
  67. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
  68. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  69. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
  70. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
  71. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  72. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  73. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  74. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  75. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
  76. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
  77. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
  78. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
  79. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
  80. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
  81. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
  82. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
  83. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
  84. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
  85. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
  86. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
  87. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
  88. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
  89. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  90. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
  91. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
  92. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
  93. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
  94. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
  95. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
  96. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
  97. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
  98. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
  99. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  100. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  101. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  102. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  103. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  104. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  105. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  106. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  107. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
  108. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
  109. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
  110. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
  111. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
  112. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  113. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  114. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  115. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  116. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  117. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  118. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  119. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  120. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  121. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  122. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  123. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  124. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  125. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  126. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  127. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  128. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  129. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  130. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  131. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  132. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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IF I GO I WILL SEND HIM / JOHN 16:7

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(KJV) John 16:7

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

IF I GO I WILL SEND HIM / JOHN 16:7

The outpouring of the Holy Spirit (when God would generously send His Spirit to fill, give power and live through His followers) would occur only after Christ left the earth (Acts 2:33). This first outpouring took place on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2). The events of that day marked the beginning of the age of the Spirit.

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  1. THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO / JOHN 15:20
  2. GO AND BEAR FRUIT / JOHN 15:16
  3. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  4. ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH / JOHN 15:7
  5. LIKE A BRANCH THAT IS THROWN AWAY / JOHN 15:6
  6. REMAIN IN ME / JOHN 15:4
  7. EVERY BRANCH / JOHN 15:2
  8. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  9. I AM THE TRUE VINE / JOHN 15:1
  10. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  11. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  12. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  13. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS / JOHN 14:21
  14. I WILL COME TO YOU / JOHN 14:18
  15. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH – WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU / JOHN 14:17
  16. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  17. IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY / JOHN 14:15
  18. ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 14:13
  19. GREATER THINGS / JOHN 14:12
  20. I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE / JOHN 14:6
  21. I WILL COME BACK / JOHN 14:3
  22. MY FATHER’S HOUSE / JOHN 14:1-4
  23. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  24. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  25. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  26. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  27. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  28. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  29. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  30. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  31. THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE / JOHN 12:39-40
  32. DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF / JOHN 12:32
  33. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT / JOHN 12:31
  34. WHOEVER SERVES ME / JOHN 12:26
  35. HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD / JOHN 12:25
  36. SON OF MAN … GLORIFIED / JOHN 12:23-24
  37. MARY … POURED IT ON JESUS’ FEET / JOHN 12:3
  38. FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD / JOHN 11:52
  39. THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT / JOHN 11:44
  40. JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35
  41. DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT / JOHN 11:33
  42. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
  43. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
  44. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
  45. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
  46. SICKNESS … FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
  47. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  48. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  49. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  50. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
  51. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
  52. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
  53. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
  54. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
  55. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
  56. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
  57. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
  58. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
  59. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
  60. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  61. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
  62. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
  63. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  64. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  65. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
  66. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
  67. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  68. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
  69. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
  70. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  71. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  72. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  73. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  74. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
  75. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
  76. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
  77. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
  78. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
  79. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
  80. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
  81. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
  82. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
  83. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
  84. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
  85. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
  86. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
  87. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
  88. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  89. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
  90. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
  91. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
  92. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
  93. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
  94. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
  95. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
  96. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
  97. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
  98. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  99. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  100. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  101. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  102. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  103. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  104. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  105. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  106. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
  107. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
  108. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
  109. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
  110. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
  111. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  112. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  113. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  114. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  115. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  116. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  117. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  118. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  119. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  120. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  121. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  122. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  123. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  124. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  125. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  126. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  127. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  128. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  129. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  130. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  131. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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PREACHED TO THE SPIRITS / 1 PETER 3:19-20

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(KJV) 1 Peter 3:19-20

19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

PREACHED TO THE SPIRITS / 1 PETER 3:19-20

1 Peter 3:18-20 have long been among the most difficult Bible passages to interpret.

  1. One view is that Christ, sometime between His death and resurrection (1 Peter 3:18) or possibly after His ascension from earth, went to imprisoned angels who had defied God in Noah’s time (1 Peter 3:19-20; 2 Peter 2:4-5) and announced His victory over sin and Satan at the cross and HIs victory over death through His resurrection. Another interpretation is that Christ, by the Holy Spirit, proclaimed through the mouth of Noah (2 Peter 2:5) a message of warning to the ungodly generation that was eventually destroyed in the great flood and who are now in Hades (Luke 16:19-31; Revelation 20:12) awaiting final judgment. This latter interpretation fits best with the context, which speaks of the disobedient and unsaved people of Noah’s day. It would also seem to fit with Peter’ s statement that the Spirit of Christ spoke in times past through the prophets (2 Peter 1:20-21).
  2. Neither this passage nor 1 Peter 4:6 teaches that those who did not follow God or accept Christ by faith during their earthly lifetime will have a second chance to accept forgiveness and spiritual salvation after death. By that time, one’s own choices have determined his or her eternal destiny, and all that remains in final judgement (Hebrews 9:27; Luke 16:26).

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  1. BAPTISM THAT NOW SAVES YOU ALSO / 1 PETER 3:20-22
  2. PREACHED TO THE SPIRITS / 1 PETER 3:19-20
  3. CHRIST DIED … ONCE FOR ALL / 1 PETER 3:18
  4. IN YOUR HEARTS SET APART CHRIST AS LORD – ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO GIVE AN ANSWER / 1 PETER 3:15
  5. LOVE LIFE AND SEE GOOD DAYS / 1 PETER 3:10
  6. HUSBANDS – SO THAT NOTHING WILL HINDER YOUR PRAYERS / 1 PETER 3:7
  7. BEAUTY … OF YOUR INNER SELF / 1 PETER 3:3-4
  8. HUSBANDS … MAYBE WON OVER / 1 PETER 3:1
  9. BORE OUR SINS / 1 PETER 2:24
  10. CHRIST SUFFERED … FOLLOW IN HIS STEPS / 1 PETER 2:21
  11. LIVE SUCH GOOD LIVES AMONG THE PAGANS / 1 PETER 2:12
  12. ALIENS AND STRANGERS / 1 PETER 2:11
  13. A HOLY NATION / 1 PETER 2:9
  14. A ROCK THAT MAKES THEM FALL / 1 PETER 2:8
  15. A HOLY PRIESTHOOD / 1 PETER 2:5
  16. THE LIVING STONE – REJECTED BY MEN / 1 PETER 2:4
  17. CRAVE PURE SPIRITUAL MILK / 1 PETER 2:2
  18. THE WORD OF THE LORD STANDS FOREVER / 1 PETER 1:24-25
  19. CHOSEN BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD / 1 PETER 1:20
  20. THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST / 1 PETER 1:19
  21. REDEEMED / 1 PETER 1:18
  22. BE HOLY / 1 PETER 1:16
  23. PREPARE YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION / 1 PETER 1:13
  24. PREACHED … BY THE HOLY SPIRIT – EVEN ANGELS LONG TO LOOK / 1 PETER 1:12
  25. SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN THEM / 1 PETER 1:11
  26. HAVE NOT SEEN HIM YOU LOVE / 1 PETER 1:8
  27. YOUR FAITH … PROVED GENUINE / 1 PETER 1:7
  28. THROUGH FAITH ARE SHIELDED BY GOD’S POWER / 1 PETER 1:5
  29. THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD – GOD THE FATHER … THE SPIRIT … JESUS CHRIIST / 1 PETER 1:2
  30. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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CHRIST DIED … ONCE FOR ALL / 1 PETER 3:18

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(KJV) 1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

CHRIST DIED … ONCE FOR ALL / 1 PETER 3:18

The whole reason Jesus came to earth was to give His life in our place (1 Peter 2:24) in order to pay the full penalty for our defiance toward God and His standards. By His heath, He bridged the vast gap that existed between sinful humanity and a holy God. As fully man and fully God – and completely without sin – Christ is the only one capable of accomplishing this once-for-all sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins (Hebrews 7:27; 9:28; 10:10).

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  1. IN YOUR HEARTS SET APART CHRIST AS LORD – ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO GIVE AN ANSWER / 1 PETER 3:15
  2. LOVE LIFE AND SEE GOOD DAYS / 1 PETER 3:10
  3. HUSBANDS – SO THAT NOTHING WILL HINDER YOUR PRAYERS / 1 PETER 3:7
  4. BEAUTY … OF YOUR INNER SELF / 1 PETER 3:3-4
  5. HUSBANDS … MAYBE WON OVER / 1 PETER 3:1
  6. BORE OUR SINS / 1 PETER 2:24
  7. CHRIST SUFFERED … FOLLOW IN HIS STEPS / 1 PETER 2:21
  8. LIVE SUCH GOOD LIVES AMONG THE PAGANS / 1 PETER 2:12
  9. ALIENS AND STRANGERS / 1 PETER 2:11
  10. A HOLY NATION / 1 PETER 2:9
  11. A ROCK THAT MAKES THEM FALL / 1 PETER 2:8
  12. A HOLY PRIESTHOOD / 1 PETER 2:5
  13. THE LIVING STONE – REJECTED BY MEN / 1 PETER 2:4
  14. CRAVE PURE SPIRITUAL MILK / 1 PETER 2:2
  15. THE WORD OF THE LORD STANDS FOREVER / 1 PETER 1:24-25
  16. CHOSEN BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD / 1 PETER 1:20
  17. THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST / 1 PETER 1:19
  18. REDEEMED / 1 PETER 1:18
  19. BE HOLY / 1 PETER 1:16
  20. PREPARE YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION / 1 PETER 1:13
  21. PREACHED … BY THE HOLY SPIRIT – EVEN ANGELS LONG TO LOOK / 1 PETER 1:12
  22. SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN THEM / 1 PETER 1:11
  23. HAVE NOT SEEN HIM YOU LOVE / 1 PETER 1:8
  24. YOUR FAITH … PROVED GENUINE / 1 PETER 1:7
  25. THROUGH FAITH ARE SHIELDED BY GOD’S POWER / 1 PETER 1:5
  26. THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD – GOD THE FATHER … THE SPIRIT … JESUS CHRIIST / 1 PETER 1:2
  27. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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IN YOUR HEARTS SET APART CHRIST AS LORD – ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO GIVE AN ANSWER / 1 PETER 3:15

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(KJV) 1 Peter 3:15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

IN YOUR HEARTS SET APART CHRIST AS LORD – ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO GIVE AN ANSWER / 1 PETER 3:15

IN YOUR HEARTS SET APART CHRIST AS LORD

Peter calls for an inner reverence for, commitment to and dependence on Christ as Lord that is always willing and ready to speak for Him and to explain one’s faith in Him to others (Isaiah 8:13). This means that we must know Christ and God’s Word in order to rightly witness for Christ and lead others to rightly witness for Christ and lead others to Him (John 4:4-26; Acts 13:31).

ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO GIVE AN ANSWER

  1. The word translated “prepared” (Greek hetoimos) means “ready, willing and equipped” and is like the Hebrew word kun, which carries the idea of being firm, stable, secure and enduring. This suggests being in a constant readiness to meet any challenge that comes along. Other Greek and Hebrew synonyms for these words found in Scripture include the idea of being “swift, prompt and responsive.” These ideas all tie in with Peter’s encouragement, “Do not fear; do not be frightened” (1 Peter 3:14), as he speaks of believers’ readiness to talk about what Christ has done for them.
  2. You must be ready to speak about your hope in Christ because you never know when you might encounter someone who is in need of hope and ready to hear about Jesus. If you live, act and speak in ways that reflect hope and a positive difference, people are likely to ask you about it at some point. Even people who are skeptical or give you a hard time about your faith may confront you with questions. You must be prepared to (a) “give an answer” – to know WHAT to say, which comes from a close relationship with Jesus and a commitment to knowing His Word; (b) “for the hope that you have” – to know WHO you are in your relationship with Christ, which will cause people to see a difference in you and perhaps ask about it in an effort to find hope in their own lives (c) “with gentleness and respect” – to know HOW to respond to questions or challenges about your faith, which is vital in reflecting Christ’s love and character (Colossians 4:6).
  3. It is absolutely imperative when speaking about spiritual things – particularly about hope you have found in Christ – to “do this with gentleness and respect.” Most people will resist an arrogant, harsh response that is presented as an argument. Such an approach is unconvincing because it feeds into the misconception that Christians are rude and defensive. By being respectful, we are more likely to be heard and perhaps develop a relationship through which we can influence unbelievers to consider the claims of Christ for themselves. In addition, we reflect Christ’s character when we show kindness (Romans 2:4).

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  1. LOVE LIFE AND SEE GOOD DAYS / 1 PETER 3:10
  2. HUSBANDS – SO THAT NOTHING WILL HINDER YOUR PRAYERS / 1 PETER 3:7
  3. BEAUTY … OF YOUR INNER SELF / 1 PETER 3:3-4
  4. HUSBANDS … MAYBE WON OVER / 1 PETER 3:1
  5. BORE OUR SINS / 1 PETER 2:24
  6. CHRIST SUFFERED … FOLLOW IN HIS STEPS / 1 PETER 2:21
  7. LIVE SUCH GOOD LIVES AMONG THE PAGANS / 1 PETER 2:12
  8. ALIENS AND STRANGERS / 1 PETER 2:11
  9. A HOLY NATION / 1 PETER 2:9
  10. A ROCK THAT MAKES THEM FALL / 1 PETER 2:8
  11. A HOLY PRIESTHOOD / 1 PETER 2:5
  12. THE LIVING STONE – REJECTED BY MEN / 1 PETER 2:4
  13. CRAVE PURE SPIRITUAL MILK / 1 PETER 2:2
  14. THE WORD OF THE LORD STANDS FOREVER / 1 PETER 1:24-25
  15. CHOSEN BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD / 1 PETER 1:20
  16. THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST / 1 PETER 1:19
  17. REDEEMED / 1 PETER 1:18
  18. BE HOLY / 1 PETER 1:16
  19. PREPARE YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION / 1 PETER 1:13
  20. PREACHED … BY THE HOLY SPIRIT – EVEN ANGELS LONG TO LOOK / 1 PETER 1:12
  21. SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN THEM / 1 PETER 1:11
  22. HAVE NOT SEEN HIM YOU LOVE / 1 PETER 1:8
  23. YOUR FAITH … PROVED GENUINE / 1 PETER 1:7
  24. THROUGH FAITH ARE SHIELDED BY GOD’S POWER / 1 PETER 1:5
  25. THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD – GOD THE FATHER … THE SPIRIT … JESUS CHRIIST / 1 PETER 1:2
  26. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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