Verse of the Day 10/20

Verse of the Day 10/20

1 Peter 1:22-23?? Now, because of your obedience to the truth, you have purified your very souls, and this empowers you to be full of love for your fellow believers. So express this sincere love toward one another passionately and with a pure heart. ^23??For through the eternal and living Word of God you have been born again. And this ???seed??? that he planted within you can never be destroyed but will live??and grow??inside of you forever.?????? The Passion Translation (TPT)

In yesterday's post from Psalm 119 we considered how the psalmist "treasured" God's Word.?? If we do the same it will keep us from treasonous acts of the heart.?? Today's verses from 1 Peter tells us what abiding in God's Word and applying it in our lives will lead to.?? It empowers us, leads us to love others, and it will grow inside of us - forever.?? Stop and think about that for a minute.

John Piper writes, "I want to say things that are really significant for your life whether you know they are or not. My way of doing that is to stay as close as I can to what God says is important in His Word, not what we think is important apart from God's Word."?? That should be the desire of any of us who want to share the Gospel, to share God's Word.?? We share it because it is important and what people need to hear whether they know or acknowledge it or not.?? We are sharing something for their good.

We asked yesterday from Psalm 119 "how can a man keep his way pure?".?? Verse 23 reinforces that answer of not neglecting or forgetting God's Word.?? That abiding is what leads to purifying our souls and empowering us to love others.

1. There???s a peace in my heart that the world never gave,
   A peace it cannot take away;
   Though the trials of life may surround like a cloud,
   I???ve a peace that has come here to stay!
   • Refrain:
     Constantly abiding, Jesus is mine;
     Constantly abiding, rapture divine;
     He never leaves me lonely, whispers, oh, so kind:
     ???I will never leave thee??????Jesus is mine.
2. All the world seemed to sing of a Savior and King,
   When peace sweetly came to my heart;
   Troubles all fled away and my night turned to day,
   Blessed Jesus, how glorious Thou art!
3. This treasure I have in a temple of clay,
   While here on His footstool I roam;
   But He???s coming to take me some glorious day,
   Over there to my heavenly home!

4. Romans 10:17^?? So??faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.?? English Standard Version (ESV)

--   In Christ,  Mike    Folllow the Verse of the Day blog at http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com  Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,  in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV    

1 Peter 1:22-25??English Standard Version (ESV)

^22??Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for??a sincere brotherly love,??love one another earnestly from a pure heart,??^23??since you have been born again,??not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through??the living and abiding word of God;??^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 remains forever.???

And this word??is the good news that was preached to you.