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ALC Recommends: “Don’t Waste Your Sorrow” by Paul E. Billheimer

“For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.”

- ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats.”

- 1 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the Lord tests the heart.”

- ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17‬:‭3‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“In the same way that gold and silver are refined by fire, the Lord purifies your heart by the tests and trials of life.”

- ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭17‬:‭3‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare...”

- 1 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat...”

- Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”

- 1 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat..I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.” ‭‭

- Exodus‬ ‭25‬:‭22‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

- ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."

- ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭19‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV

ALC Recommends: The Old Testament

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

- ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."  ‭‭

- Exodus‬ ‭19‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.”

- Proverbs‬ ‭11‬:‭13‬ ‭NLT‬

“You can’t trust gossipers with a secret; they’ll just go blab it all. Put your confidence instead in a trusted friend, for he will be faithful to keep it in confidence.” ‭‭

- Proverbs‬ ‭11‬:‭13‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare...”

- ‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“So death is at work in us, but life in you.” ‭‭

- 2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.”

- 1 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭18‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.”

- ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬