1 Peter 4-5

Not sure what happened to the third chapter...

"The child of God is not conscious of the will of God because he is the will of God." -OC

1 Peter 4
v.1 - if we have suffered in our bodies we understand sin and respond to it
v. 4 - people think it's weird when we don't join in to their debauchery - they will answer in the end
v. 6. "...but live according to God in regard to the Spirit"
v. 7 in order to pray we need to be "clear-minded" and "self-controlled"
       How do we become clear-minded?
v. 10 our gifts should serve people
v. 14 "If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you"
v. 17 "For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God"

Random OC quotes:
"Staleness is an indication of something out of joint with God." [interesting because Beth Moore says something very similar in her study called The Inheritance!]
"When God gives a vision and darkness follows, wait."
"Are we being devoted more to service than to Jesus Christ?"

1 Peter 5

•  Be shepherds
• We are examples - people are watching us!
• "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble" (Prov. 3:34)
• "Cast your anxiety"
• "Cast" in the Greek = epiripto (1977) = to throw upon
• "Anxierty" in the Greek = merimna (3308) = to have care for, take thought

• God will restore us after we have suffered, and I will add that He restores us while we are suffering. Kind of like during my RPM cycling class and you finish a really hard track that has your legs burning.. you keep pedaling after that in order to "recover". It may not feel like recovering because you are still in pain. But after the workout is over, you're glad you took the time to recover because otherwise it'd hurt a lot worse.