Supporting Your Faith

FAITH IN ACTION:
LIVING AS FAITHFUL PEOPLE
God's Redemption
Fruits of Redemption

2 Peter 1:3-8

The Message

Don't Put It Off

 ^3-4Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you—your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust. ^5-9So don't lose a minute in building on what you've been given, complementing your basic faith with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate patience, reverent wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into and developing the others. With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus. Without these qualities you can't see what's right before you, oblivious that your old sinful life has been wiped off the books.

For Reflection
It's all common sense.  But, a very specialized common sense.  It is a common sense given us by the transformational power of the Holy Spirit.  All we need is complete trust in the Lord.  It is a common sense that needs continuous development in the fellowship of believers.  Grow into the lives we were promised.

Pray
that you will continue to grow into grace.  Pray that you will continue to seek communion with the Holy Spirit.  Pray that you will mature with Christ at your side.