A Call To Holy Living

From Darkness to Light  God's Promises  God Promises to Guide our Way Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5)  1 Peter 1:13-25 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition A Call to Holy Living 13 Therefore prepare your minds for action;[a] discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the Grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. 14 Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. 15 Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct, 16 for it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy." 17 If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person's work, live in fear during the time of your exile. 18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile conduct inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. 20 He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. 21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God. 22 Now that you have purified your souls[b] by your obedience to the truth[c] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[d] 23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.[e] 24 For "All flesh is like grass     and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers,     and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever." That word is the good news that was announced to you. For Reflection What would change if you began to see the world as a sacred place? Would you make different choices about the economic, social, and political issues facing you? Would you make different choices about family matters or personal matters? Would you make an instant break from the old way of seeing things? Would your life be motivated by Grace? Pray Ask God in prayer to take you, an unholy person, out of a sinful world and make you holy so that you might make that world more holy. Ask God to make you more motivated by Grace. Forward to a friend Sign up for our mailing list!