Dc Talk - What If I Stumble

Big Tent Revival - What Would Jesus Do

1 Peter 4:1-11

1 Peter 4 (The Message)

1 Peter 4

Learn to Think Like Him

 ^1-2Since Jesus went through everything you're going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you'll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want.  ^3-5You've already put in your time in that God-ignorant way of life, partying night after night, a drunken and profligate life. Now it's time to be done with it for good. Of course, your old friends don't understand why you don't join in with the old gang anymore. But you don't have to give an account to them. They're the ones who will be called on the carpet—and before God himself.
 ⁶Listen to the Message. It was preached to those believers who are now dead, and yet even though they died (just as all people must), they will still get in on the life that God has given in Jesus.
 ^7-11Everything in the world is about to be wrapped up, so take nothing for granted. Stay wide-awake in prayer. Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything. Be quick to give a meal to the hungry, a bed to the homeless—cheerfully. Be generous with the different things God gave you, passing them around so all get in on it: if words, let it be God's words; if help, let it be God's hearty help. That way, God's bright presence will be evident in everything through Jesus, and he'll get all the credit as the One mighty in everything—encores to the end of time. Oh, yes!

psalm 12

Psalm 12 (The Message)

Psalm 12

A David Psalm

 ^1-2 Quick, God, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down,
   All the friends I depended on gone.
   Everyone talks in lie language;
   Lies slide off their oily lips.
   They doubletalk with forked tongues.

 ^3-4 Slice their lips off their faces! Pull
   The braggart tongues from their mouths!
   I'm tired of hearing, "We can talk anyone into anything!
   Our lips manage the world."

 ⁵ Into the hovels of the poor,
   Into the dark streets where the homeless groan, God speaks:
   "I've had enough; I'm on my way
   To heal the ache in the heart of the wretched."

 ^6-8 God's words are pure words,
   Pure silver words refined seven times
   In the fires of his word-kiln,
   Pure on earth as well as in heaven.
   God, keep us safe from their lies,
   From the wicked who stalk us with lies,
   From the wicked who collect honors
   For their wonderful lies.

Proverbs 8 (with text - press on more info.)