Words of Encouragement

                                                                   

2 Peter 1:5-11

Growing in the Knowledge of God

5 So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better.  6 Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness. 7 Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone. 8 The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But those who fail to develop these virtues are blind or, at least, very shortsighted. They have already forgotten that God has cleansed them from their old life of sin. 10 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Doing this, you will never stumble or fall away. 11 And God will open wide the gates of heaven for you to enter into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (NLT)

 

Work Hard! God wants you to work hard for Him and for yourself. Apply the things that God has written in His word. Love as God Loves, be Holy as God is Holy. You may not be perfect, but you need to do your best because Jesus gave His best for you. Remember that you are in a process moving forward toward a goal; toward a higher calling for you have been called to be a child of the living God. Seek God and He will open wide the gates of heaven for you to enter into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let God do His work in you and through you to His glory and honor. Trust Christ and you will never stumble or fall away. So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen.

 

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