10/18          2 Peter 3:9

The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.

REPENT

You and I need to repent for we lead self-interested lives seeking our own gain and constantly miss what the Lord is calling us to do.  I want to change.  We need to changed.  Repent of the way you are living your life and turn back to Jesus.  Let Him control your every move.  He is Lord. 

10/17          2 Peter 3:8

But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.

WAIT
Wait upon the Lord.  Pray, pray, pray and live with the sure knowledge that the Lord has heard you and will answer.  Wait upon the Lord. 

10/16          2 Peter 3:7

And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.

EVIL

Evil does not win.  Evil is on a time line for destruction.  Evil destroys completely and will be completely destroyed.  Jesus is Lord. 

10/15          2 Peter 3:5-6

They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water. 6 Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.

SIN

Sin ignores God and proclaims its rights.  We can look at ourselves and see the handiwork of God or the lack of His work in our life by the way we treat those around us.  God is love.  Sin is hate and disdain and gossip and subjugation.  Sin never lifts people up it is always enslaving those under its control.  Jesus lifts us up and makes us a part of His family. 

10/14              2 Peter 3:3-4

 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. 4 They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”

WHAT
All around the world criticizes Jesus.  They lambast us as fools and ignorant.  They speak of their wisdom as enlightened and yet the world murders babys and calls that pro-choice.  The extoll the virtues of lifestyles that are pro-death and against God.  Understand that this is normal in the world as it is dead in its trespasses and sin.  Lost people always act like lost people.  You pray for them.  Pray to the Lord that they might be saved and know Him.  Pray consistently every day and be persistent in pleading for their life. 

10/13              2 Peter 3:2

I want you to remember what the holy prophets said long ago and what our Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.

STUDY

Study the Word of God – Bible – so that you will know and remember what the Lord said.  Don’t depend on others for your knowledge of the Word.  You know what the Lord says and apply it to your life. 

10/12              2 Peter 3:1

1 This is my second letter to you, dear friends, and in both of them I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory.

THINK

Think on the things of the Lord.  We discover these in His Word, from the Holy Spirit and in the hearts and minds of our friends that are following Jesus.  Fellowship with His people.  Memorizing Scripture is also an additional way to refresh your memory. 

10/11              2 Peter 2:18

They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception. 19 They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you. 20 And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before. 21 It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life. 22 They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”

STAND

You know Jesus.  Focus on Him.  Stand in His strength.  Do not go backwards but instead let Jesus move you forward. 

10/10              2 Peter 2:15-17

They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong. 16 But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice. 17 These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness.

WRONG

You know the things that are wrong.  Don’t do them.  You know the things that are right.  Do them. 

10/09              2 Peter 2:13-14

Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They delight in deception even as they eat with you in your fellowship meals. 14 They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse.

WICKED
Do not be counted among the wicked.  Turn to the Lord, live under His guidance and let Him lead you step by step so that you are equipped, empowered and able to do the next right thing.  Praise the Lord.