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1 Peter 1:13–21 ( Listen ) Called to Be Holy 13  Therefore, preparing your minds for action, 1 and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14  As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15  but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16  since it is writt...

1 Peter 1:13–21 ( Listen ) Called to Be Holy 13  Therefore, preparing your minds for action, 1 and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14  As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15  but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16  since it is writt...

Joel Brooks speaking on the person of the Holy Spirit: Who is He? What does He do? What is His role in our lives? What does it look like to be filled with the Spirit?

1 Peter 1:8–12 ( Listen ) 8  Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9  obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 10  Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11  inquiring...

1 Peter 1:6–9 ( Listen ) 6  In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7  so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8  Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do no...

1 Peter 1:3–5 ( Listen ) Born Again to a Living Hope 3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4  to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5  who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a...

Dr. Graham Cole speaks on The Incarnation – How can God become flesh? Why is this important? 

1 Peter 1:1–2 ( Listen ) Greeting 1:1  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2  according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. ( ESV )

Daniel 9 ( Listen ) Daniel’s Prayer for His People 9:1  In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans— 2  in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seve...

Daniel 6 ( Listen ) Daniel and the Lions’ Den 6:1  It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; 2  and over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss. 3  Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other high officials and satraps, because an excellent spi...

Revelation 21:1–5 ( Listen ) The New Heaven and the New Earth 21:1  Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2  And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3  And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place 1 of...

Daniel 5 ( Listen ) The Handwriting on the Wall 5:1  King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. 2  Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father 1 had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might dri...

Daniel 4 ( Listen ) Nebuchadnezzar Praises God 4:1  1 King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you! 2  It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me. 3    How great are his signs,     how mighty his wonders!   His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,     and his dominion endures fro...

Matthew 6:13 ( Listen ) 13    And lead us not into temptation,     but deliver us from evil. 1 Footnotes [1] 6:13 Or the evil one ; some manuscripts add For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen ( ESV ) Matthew 26:30–41 ( Listen ) Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial 30  And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 31  Then Jesus said to them, “You will...

Daniel 3 ( Listen ) Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Image 3:1  King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits 1 and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2  Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of th...

Daniel 2 ( Listen ) Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream 2:1  In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him. 2  Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. 3  And the king said to them, “I had a dream,...

Jeremiah 29:1–7 ( Listen ) Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles 29:1  These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2  This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and...

Matthew 6:5–15 ( Listen ) The Lord’s Prayer 5  “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6  But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secr...

2 Corinthians 13:5–14 ( Listen ) 5  Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! 6  I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test. 7  But we pray to God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do...

2 Corinthians 12:1–10 ( Listen ) Paul’s Visions and His Thorn 12:1  I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2  I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. 3  And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether...

2 Corinthians 11:16–32 ( Listen ) Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle 16  I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17  What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would 1 but as a fool. 18  Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast. 19  For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselve...

Matthew 6:9–13 ( Listen ) 9  Pray then like this:   “Our Father in heaven,   hallowed be your name. 1 10    Your kingdom come,   your will be done, 2     on earth as it is in heaven. 11    Give us this day our daily bread, 3 12    and forgive us our debts,     as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13    And lead us not into temptation,     but deliver us from evil. 4 Footnotes [1] 6:9 Or Let your...

2 Corinthians 10 ( Listen ) Paul Defends His Ministry 10:1  I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!— 2  I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh. 3  For thoug...

John 7:37–39 ( Listen ) Rivers of Living Water 37  On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38  Whoever believes in me, as 1 the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39  Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had...