07/09/2025
SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2025.
SUB-THEME: KNOWING CHRIST AS A FAMILY..
TOPIC: GRACE AND PEACE IN THE FAMILY.
TEXT: 2 PETER 1:2-9.
2. Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
3. _His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
4. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
6. and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
7. and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
8. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
TOPIC: GRACE AND PEACE IN THE FAMILY.
MESSAGE:
Today's text stresses that the knowledge of God is the source of abundant grace and peace to believers. This knowledge does not come automatically, but through the study of the word, prayer and discipleship. The grace of God enables us to share in the divine nature and to escape all forms of corruption and evil desires. It also makes us to be effective and productive in the kingdom of God.
Have you experience the grace and peace of Christ?
Do you want to grow spiritually and morally upright?
Then, do not remain at being born again; rather take deliberate steps to grow in Christ. Make Bible study and prayer a priority, individually and collectively.
REFLECTION:
Are you enjoying grace and peace in your family?
PRAYER:
Father, help us to experience your grace and peace. Amen.
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