With all the distractions around us, it is important to get really clear on what God wants to be the center of our attention. Like a fancy camera lens, let’s focus clearly and allow the troubles of this world to blur in the background. “Cast My Cares” by Finding Favour leads us straight to 1 Peter and what God’s Word has to teach us about accomplishing this clarity.
Are you truly willing to trade the troubles of this world for God’s peace?
In this episode, I discuss:
- The lyrics of the song that point to our memory verse this week – 1 Peter 5:7
- The Bible interaction tool of reading the entire text – watch the whole movie!
- The Bible interaction tool of listening to the text while on the go – YouVersion App
- The Bible interaction tool of prayer to ask God for His power to stay focused and understand
- The Bible interaction tool of reading out loud to remove distractions
- How Peter begins with the end in mind in his letter – 1 Peter 1:3-5
- What our center of interest should be…what should we be focusing on anyway?
- How do we get focused?
- Gird up the loins of our mind – 1 Peter 1:13
- Be sober – 1 Peter 1:13
- Rest our hope on the coming grace – 1 Peter 1:13
- Don’t conform – 1 Peter 1:14
- Be holy – 1 Peter 1:16
- Be purified by obedience 1 Peter 1:22
- Some of the distractions Peter discusses in the letter
- The context of our memory verse
- A prayer of blessing over you – 1 Peter 5:10
Enjoy the official lyric video below.
Additional Resources
This Week’s Challenge
Read all of 1 Peter. Try the tools I used this week. Listen to the audio version of 1 Peter, read it out loud, pray before reading, and try reading in a new version…or better yet, read it several times in several versions. I just scratched the surface of this powerful letter of instruction from someone who had suffered, made some pretty embarrassing choices, and matured in the Lord.
