| Monday 1 Peter 1:22 Now I can have sincere love for others as brothers and sisters because I was cleansed from my sins when I accepted the truth of the Good News. So I must see to it that I really do love others intensely with all my heart. Tuesday 1 Peter 1:23 For I have been born again. My new life did not come from my earthly parents because the life they gave me will end in death. But this new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living Word of You, God. Wednesday 1 Peter 1:24 As the prophet says, “People are like grass that dies away; their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of wildflowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall away… Thursday 1 Peter:1:25 “…But the Word of You, Lord, will last forever.” And that Word was the Good News that was preached to me. Friday 1 Peter 2:1 So I get rid of all malicious behavior and deceit. I don’t just pretend to be good! I am done with hypocrisy and jealousy and backstabbing. Zingers from Croft M. Pentz, Tyndale House Publishers 4511. There is a difference between religion and salvation. Religion is man trying to do something for God–salvation is God doing something for man. 4512. Man may whitewash himself, but only God can wash him white. 4513. Life is a one-way street; we are not coming back. 4514. Conversion to Christ makes useful saints out of useless sinners. 4515. Calvary knows how far man will go into sin and how far God will go for man’s salvation. | 