Well, hello there, my friends. I'm very proud of you. I'm proud of you because you are getting your mind aligned with the truth of God's word by listening to the morning mindset. That's our goal. That's what we're trying to do. And I'm glad that you're here to do it with me.

Today we'll be looking at the epistle of 1st Peter chapter one

versus 1 through 2. It's kind of near the end of your Bible. So get out your Bibles and take a look

for that. We'll get to it in just a moment. I want to invite you as well to become a part of my

prayer team. This is a group of individuals who receive a periodic email for me giving updates,

behind the scenes stuff, and also telling

testimonials from people who listen to the morning mindset. If you'd like to be a part of the prayer

team, go to morning mindsetmedia.com slash prayer team, and you can sign up right there. Okay, friends,

let's pray together before we dig in to 1st Peter chapter 1.

Our Lord and our God, we are grateful that you called us into your family.

And as we seek to understand what that means and what that looks like, we ask you to

enliven our spirits and give us ears and hearts ready to receive.

In your name we pray, amen.

Okay, friends, we're looking at 1st Peter

chapter 1, verse 1 and 2. We've been on this for four days now, but man, there's so much here.

We want to dig in again. It says Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are

elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bethinia,

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit,

for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with His blood,

may grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Okay, so what I want to focus on today is in verse number two.

After he says that these people have been chosen as elect exiles,

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