Welcome back to the morning mindset. I hope you're ready. It is time for you and I

to get our minds aligned with the truth of God for this day. Let's not think too

far ahead.

Let's just focus on today and get ourselves oriented correctly for the day.

We are looking at 1st Peter chapter 5.

Today we're looking at verses 10 and 11. We've just wrapped up a section where

Peter's been instructing us on how to resist the work of the devil as he comes

against us, as he comes against God's plan in our lives.

And he says in verse 10,

after we have suffered a little while,

the God of all grace who has called us

to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen,

and establish us.

To him be the Dominion forever and ever, amen.

Now yesterday I suggested that you could take those four words that Peter uses to describe

God's coming work in our lives and make a prayer out of them, a daily prayer.

And I hope you've discovered that praying the scriptures for yourself and for your loved

ones and for what's going on in the world is a powerful way to pray. And the reason it's so powerful

is because you are praying in perfect alignment with God's will. In 1st John, we're told that if we

pray anything according to his will he hears us and gives us the thing that we're asking for and that's just common sense if we're asking God for something he wants to give, then he's

clearly going to get it. And these four words, I want to dissect them a

little bit and understand them a little bit more, Saying God himself will restore us.

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