Monday
1 Peter 4:13
Instead, I am very glad–because these trials will make me a partner with You, Christ, in Your suffering, and afterward I will have the wonderful joy of sharing Your glory when it is displayed to all the world.
Tuesday
1 Peter 4:14
I am happy if I am insulted for being a Christian, for then Your glorious Spirit, Father God, comes upon me.
Wednesday
1 Peter 4:15
If I suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs.
Thursday
1 Peter: 4:16
But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. I praise You, God, for the privilege of being called by Your wonderful name!
Friday
1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin first among Your own children, Father God. And if even we Christians must be judged, what terrible fate awaits those who have never believed Your Good News?
Zingers from Croft M. Pentz, Tyndale House Publishers
4571. If you don’t believe in the devil’s existence, try working for God for a while.
4572. The devil goes to vacation resorts, too, but you can be sure he is not on vacation.
4573. You may be through with the devil, but the devil is never through with you.
4574. You cannot wait on the Lord and run with the devil at the same time.
4575. The devil promises you the whole world, but he doesn’t own a grain of sand.