Hey there, friends. Welcome to the morning mindset. I wonder how did this podcast begin playing today?

The question I'm asking is, what means did you use to make the sound come out of the speakers or interior buds, whatever?

How did you make it happen? What are the means

that you used? Today, we're going to be talking about God's means to God's ends. So in other words,

how does God do what God intends to do? We're going to be looking at one answer we find in the

scripture today in 2 Peter

chapter 1 verses 10 through 11. So take out your Bibles. This is the morning mindset. This is where we get

our minds aligned with the truth of God's word for this day. And I don't do this too often,

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well. All right. Before we read our scripture for today, let's pray that God will help us to understand

and apply what he has for us. So God, that's exactly what we want. You heard us say it. We want

to understand and apply rightly. So lead us in that today. In Jesus

name, amen. Okay, 2 Peter 1, verse 10 and 11 is what we're looking at today. Peter writes this,

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election. For if you

practice these qualities, you will never fall.

For in this way, there will be richly provided for you

an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

So what Peter's talking about is a list of character qualities back in verses 5 through

9 that he has told us we should be diligent to practice and we should be working at very hard

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