by Susan Barnes | 26 May 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest...
by Susan Barnes | 19 May 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.” 1 Peter 4:4 Why are they surprised? Why would the simple decision not to join people...
by Susan Barnes | 12 May 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.” 1...
by Susan Barnes | 5 May 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.” 1 Peter 2:19 Peter assumes Christians will suffer unjustly, because Christ...
by Susan Barnes | 5 May 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.” 1 Peter 2:19 Peter wrote to slaves who were suffering simply because they...
by Susan Barnes | 28 Apr 2019 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “… you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by...
by Susan Barnes | 16 Apr 2018 | Short Devotion
Read more of my short devotions on this blog or on Pinterest. “Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,” 1 Peter 1:8 Even in difficult situations God...
by Susan Barnes | 20 Sep 2012 | Devotions
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve. 1 Peter 5:2 Serve, not because you must—not because you feel duty-bound,...
