1 Peter - Part 2
When you need to prepare your body for work, you roll up your sleeves. An athlete preparing for a race takes a certain stance. These preperatory practices ensure that we’re ready for what’s coming. What happens when you need to prepare your mind? 1 Peter says: “Roll of the sleeves… of your mind!”
Rosie the Riveter - J. Howard Miller, Famous WWII Westinghouse Propoganda poster encouraging women to join the factory workforce in America.
Anchor Texts:
1 Peter 1:13-25 NLT - A Call to Holy Living
Ephesians 2:1-3 NIVUK - Made alive in Christ - As for you, you - Bible Gateway
Questions to Ponder:
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What daily practices can you do to help you “gird up the loins” or “Roll up the sleeves” of your mind?
Why are we so easily drawn to be “conformed” to our old passions instead of obeying God?
Read 1 Peter 1:17 - Is God a Father who judges? A father and a judge? Describe who he is and what he does according to Peter’s words here. What does Peter want us to understand about God from this passage?
Read 1 Peter 1:22. Can we purify our souls? What does Peter mean here?
Define being “Born again” in your own words, first. Then read 1 Peter 1:3 and 1 Peter 1:23 - how does this shape your definition? Now read John 3:3-6, does this add anything else?
The Theme in Song:
This song is calledThis song is called we labour unto glory. It describes perseverance and being ready to get back to work every day even when it is painful even when it is hard and slow work. This week as we talk about rolling up our sleeves and being ready to get to work, let's remember that it might be a long and painful process. Yet, in the end our labour is not in vain because one day Christ will come and Heaven and Earth will be one!