Lead:

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Intro:

I want YOU!

Some of you might remember an iconic image from the WWII era that had a picture of Uncle Sam pointing his index finger directly at the onlooker. The caption read: “I want YOU for the U.S. Army!”

Well, as you’ll hear me remind you today, one of the most important verses in the Bible is one we’ll read today — a verse that’s kinda like God going, “Yo! God here! You! I want you.”

Yesterday I mentioned briefly the three reasons — according to Peter, that we should discipline our Christian lives…

You're a foreigner in a pagan environment there will always need for making adjustment.
If you’re yielded to the flesh, you’ll be waging battle against your best self.
Your self-discipline and obedience will have a wholesome influence on unbelievers.

…and right at the end we started into a section that connects to where we pick up today: that how we conduct ourselves in relationship demonstrates God’s goodness in a world He designed and created. He started with the relationship of slaves or servants or employees to their bosses, and that would have been rather revolutionary.

So…

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Bible:

Passage: Proverbs 1 Peter 3-5
Translation: NIV (New International Version)
Verses: 55
Words: ~1251

All Our Minds:

For this Advent season, this section will be delivered as a separate episode, each with its own Advent reading.

Wisdom:

Passage: Proverbs 20:6-15
Translation: NIV (New International Version)
Verses: 9
Words: ~144

Love you!

-R

ForTheHope is a daily audio Bible + apologetics podcast and blog. We’ve got a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.

Sources and resources:

#968: 1 Peter 3-5 | Proverbs 20:6-15