Hey there, this is Mary DeMuth and this is Pray Every Day, where I pray you through the Bible verse by verse.

I'm looking forward to in just a few days celebrating eight years of Pray Every Day.

Super excited to listen to your testimonies that you have recorded.

And this is the celebration that February 1st will be really grateful to have you be a part of that.

All right, today I'm reading from 1st Peter chapter 5 in the World English Bible,

and this is what it says.

Therefore, I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ

and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed,

shepherd the flock of God, which is among you,

exercising the oversight, not under compulsion,

but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly,

not as lording it over those entrusted to you,

but making yourselves examples to the flock.

When the chief shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility

and subject yourselves to one another for god resists the proud

but gives grace to the humble humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of god that he may

exalt you in due time casting all your worries on him because he cares for you be sober and self-controlled

be watchful your adversary devil, walks around like a

roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your

brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings. But may the God of all grace, who

called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus.

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