Be Sure To Live Properly

 

Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.

1 Peter 2:12 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.2.12.NLT

People watch how I live so I should live properly among my neighbors.  People will say bad things about me but even if they do, living properly, according to the Bible will show others that they are lying. I will be an example so that others will give honor to God when He judges the world.   

I must remember that people are always watching how  I live even if I never meet them.  So I should live according to what God says is proper living.

Don't Fall Back into my Old Ways

 

So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.

1 Peter 1:14 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.1.14.NLT

Don't fall back into my old ways to satisfy my own desires.  I must be God's obedient child since I know better now that I follow Jesus.

Produce Good Things From a Treasury of a Good Heart

 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

Luke 6:45 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/luk.6.45.NLT

I want to have a good treasury that produces good things that come from a good heart. I want to say good words that flow from my heart.

God's Word Lives In My Heart

 I have written to you who are God’s children because you know the Father. I have written to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I have written to you who are young in the faith because you are strong. God’s word lives in your hearts, and you have won your battle with the evil one.

1 John 2:14 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/1jn.2.14.NLT

God's word lives in my heart and I've been reading his word and learning to apply it to my life.  I haven't been the best example of living for him this week but I'm still applying his word to my life and trying to stay closer to Him.

Loving Him When I Haven't Seen Him

You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.

1 Peter 1:8 NLT

https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.1.8.NLT

Loving Jesus is hard because I haven't seen Him, but trusting him gives me joy that I can't explain to people.  But it is a wonderful joy to have knowing that I know Jesus.