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   Number 1: How Strong Men Treat Their Wives | 1 Peter 3:7

   Our text today is 1 Peter 3:7: Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. — 1 Peter 3:7 Most husbands genuinely want to love their wives well. They may not always know how, but the desire is there. How do I lead without controlling? How do I love her in a way she actually experiences as love? Why does it sometimes feel like we're speaking different languages? Peter answers all those questions in one verse. And it's worth remembering who Peter is. This is the same Peter who often spoke before he thought. The same Peter who overpromised and underdelivered. The same Peter who denied Jesus and then experienced the restoring grace of Christ. Tradition tells us Peter was married and may have struggled with these same issues. Don't forget Jesus healed Peter's mother-in-law of a high fever. (Matthew 8:14-15; Mark 1:29-31; Luke 4:38-39) Peter isn't writing theory here about human relationships in marriage. He's writing wisdom shaped by failure, maturity, and grace. He says, "Husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way." Literally, the phrase means: "According to knowledge." In other words, learn her. Study her. Pay attention to her. Just like you learned how to do your job. Just like you learned the rules of the sports you love. Just like you learned the hobbies and interests that matter to you. So husbands out there, have you learned her? Do you know what brings her joy? What discourages her? What causes her anxiety? What makes her feel safe, loved, and valued? Strong marriages aren't built on assumptions about your wife. They're built on understanding about her. Peter continues: "Showing honor to the woman..." Culture often teaches men to demand honor. Peter tells husbands to give it. Honor means treating someone as precious. It means listening before speaking. It means serving before being served. It means using your strength to build up rather than tear down. Then Peter adds a final exhortation that was revolutionary for his day: "Since they are heirs with you of the grace of life." In a world that often diminished women, Peter elevated them. Your wife is not spiritually inferior. She is your sister in Christ. You are her brother. She stands beside you before the throne of grace with the same Savior, the same inheritance, and the same eternal worth. Different roles. Different design. Equal value. Peter's reference to the "weaker vessel" isn't permission to exploit weakness or assert superiority. Most naturally, he is acknowledging physical vulnerability and the social realities women faced in the first century. His point is simple. Use your strength to protect. Use your strength to serve. Use your strength to honor. Then Peter ends with a sobering warning: "So that your prayers may not be hindered." How you treat your wife affects your fellowship with God. You cannot consistently dishonor the woman God has entrusted to you while expecting intimacy with Him. Strong men don't use their strength to get their way. They use it to serve. They listen before they speak. They honor before they demand honor. They protect instead of overpower. And they remember that the wife beside them is not beneath them. She is their sister in Christ, their partner in grace, and one of God's greatest gifts. Husbands, go listen to your wife today and look for some way to honor her, encourage her, and serve her before this day is over. DO THIS: Ask your wife one thoughtful question today and truly listen to her answer. Look for one practical way to honor, encourage, or serve her before the day is over. ASK THIS: How well do I really understand my wife? In what ways do I honor her with my words and actions? Is there anything in our relationship that may be hindering my fellowship with God? PRAY THIS: Father, thank You for the gift of marriage. Teach me to use my strength the way Christ used His—to serve, protect, and honor. Help me understand my wife more deeply and love her more faithfully. May my relationship with her reflect Your grace and bring You glory. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Goodness of God."

   August 31, 2026·9min
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   Number 2: How to Influence Someone You Can't Change | 1 Peter 3:1-6

   Welcome to The Daily. Go ahead and pick up your 1 Peter Scripture Journal now. Our text today is 1 Peter 3:1-6: Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. — 1 Peter 3:1-6 There are few pains more difficult than loving someone you cannot change. You pray for them. You reason with them. You offer advice. You revisit the same conversations over and over again. You imagine the breakthrough that never seems to come. Maybe it's a spouse. Maybe it's a child who has wandered from the faith. A parent. A friend. Someone you desperately want to see transformed. Eventually, the question becomes burdensome: What do I do when someone I love won't change? Peter writes into that burden. His immediate audience was Christian wives married to unbelieving husbands. In the Roman world, a wife was generally expected to observe her husband's religion. So when these women placed their faith in Christ while their husbands did not, it created tension inside the home. Their loyalty to Jesus came at a cost. And Peter doesn't shame them. He encourages them. He doesn't tell them to abandon hope. Nor does he hand them a strategy to control outcomes. Instead, he points them toward being a faithful witness. "They may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct." Peter isn't forbidding dialogue and discussion. Scripture consistently calls believers to speak truth and proclaim the gospel. Rather, he is reminding them that transformation ultimately belongs to God. You cannot pressure someone into repentance or genuine belief. You also cannot carry the responsibility for changing another person's heart. Only God can do that. Sometimes the loudest sermon isn't spoken from a stage. Sometimes it's lived out in the car, on the couch, or at the dinner table at home. Then in the text, Peter shifts the focus from outward appearance to inward beauty. In a culture obsessed with image and status, he reminds these women that what God values most is "the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit." This isn't the outdated script of feminine weakness and masculine dominance that modern culture often assumes Peter is endorsing. It is strength under control. It is the settled confidence of a person whose hope rests in God rather than in circumstances they cannot manage. Peter points back to Sarah as an example. Sarah's life wasn't marked by perfect circumstances. She followed an imperfect husband (Abraham) into uncertain situations with no guarantee of how the story would unfold. Yet she trusted God. And Peter ends with words that reveal the more resounding issue underneath this entire passage: "Do good, and do not fear anything that is frightening." Fear is often what drives our attempts to control people. Fears like: What if they never change? What if they never believe? What if this relationship is always hard? Peter acknowledges that those fears are real. Then he gently redirects our hearts toward things like: Keep doing good. Remain faithful. Trust God with what you cannot control. You see, you cannot change another person's heart. You cannot force spiritual growth. You cannot control another person's choices. But you can remain faithful. You can keep doing good. You can entrust the outcome to God. Because if God can change your heart, He is more than capable of reaching theirs. That person you are trying to change, give them to God. Release them to him in prayer, and ask that he would give you the strength to stop trying to control the outcomes and focus on reflecting Christ to them. DO THIS: Think of one person you've been trying to change. Release them to God in prayer today. Ask Him to help you focus less on controlling outcomes and more on faithfully reflecting Christ. ASK THIS: Who am I trying to change through my own strength? How might fear be influencing the way I relate to that person? What would faithfulness look like if I trusted God with the outcome? PRAY THIS: Father, You know the people I love and the burdens I carry for them. Forgive me for trying to do what only You can do. Help me remain faithful, patient, and full of grace. Teach me to trust You with what I cannot control and to reflect Christ in the way I love others. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Trust in God."

   August 30, 2026·9min
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   Number 3: Your Hope is Alive Because Jesus is Alive — 1 Peter 1:3-5

   Welcome to The Daily. Go ahead and pick up your 1 Peter Scripture Journal now. Our text today is 1 Peter 1:3-5: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. — 1 Peter 1:3-5 What do you do when the things you depend on start slipping away? A job disappears. A relationship changes. Your health declines. The plans you have fall apart. Many of the believers Peter was writing to understood that feeling. Because of their faith in Christ, they were increasingly becoming outsiders in their communities. Following Jesus was costing them something. So Peter reminds them of something that cannot be lost. A living hope. Notice that Peter does not say we have hope because life will get easier. He says we have hope because Jesus is alive. The resurrection changed everything. Peter knew this better than anyone. For years, Peter followed Jesus, believing He was the promised Messiah. But like many Jews in his day, Peter expected a conquering king who would establish an earthly kingdom. He anticipated victory, power, and restoration for Israel. Then Jesus was arrested. Crucified. Buried. In a matter of hours, Peter's expectations collapsed. The future he imagined seemed gone forever. But three days later, everything changed. Jesus walked out of the tomb alive. The resurrection transformed Peter's despair into confidence and his fear into courage, and he ran to him on the beach of Galilee. The hope Peter writes about here is not optimism or positive thinking. It is confidence rooted in a living Savior. That is why Peter calls it a living hope. Because Christ is alive, our hope is alive. He also says believers have an inheritance. That language would have reminded Jewish readers of the Promised Land—an inheritance God gave His people. Yet every earthly inheritance could be lost. Israel lost land. Kingdoms rose and fell. Possessions deteriorated. Not this inheritance. Peter describes it using three powerful words. It is imperishable—it cannot be destroyed. It is undefiled—it cannot be corrupted by sin. It is unfading—it will never diminish or lose its glory. Everything in this world eventually wears out. But your inheritance in Christ never will. And as if that were not enough, Peter says it is being kept in heaven for you. You are being guarded for it. God is not only protecting your inheritance. He is protecting you until the day you receive it. Imagine how encouraging that would have been for believers who felt vulnerable, rejected, and uncertain about the future. You may lose opportunities, comfort, and others' approval. But if you belong to Christ, you cannot lose what matters most. Your hope is alive. Your inheritance is secure. That is the kind of truth that helps believers stand firm in a hostile world. DO THIS: Make a list of three things in your life that could be lost tomorrow. Then write beside them: "My hope is not here." ASK THIS: What earthly thing am I most tempted to place my hope in? How does Christ's resurrection change the way I view my future? What would it look like to live today as though my inheritance is already secure? PRAY THIS: Father, thank You for giving me a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. When I am tempted to place my confidence in temporary things, remind me of the inheritance You have secured for me. Help me trust that You are guarding both my future and my faith. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Christ Our Hope in Life and Death"

   August 17, 2026·7min
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   Number 4: How to Discover and Use Your Spiritual Gifts | 1 Peter 4:10-11

   Our text today is 1 Peter 4:10-11: As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. — 1 Peter 4:10-11 One year ago today, Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University. Much of his public life had been spent speaking to students, inviting debate, building an organization, and mobilizing young people around deeply held convictions. His death was a sobering reminder that none of us knows how long we will have to use what has been entrusted to us. Charlie clearly possessed unusual capacities for communication, leadership, organization, and influence—and he chose to put them to work. Peter writes: "As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace." Notice Peter's first words: "As each has received a gift." He does not reserve ministry for pastors, speakers, missionaries, or people with large platforms. Every believer has received grace from God that can strengthen someone else. The word Peter uses for "gift" is charisma, which derives from charis, the Greek word for grace. A spiritual gift is not something we earn or create. It is grace entrusted to us so that God's grace can reach others through us. A spiritual gift is grace with an assignment. That is why Peter tells us to use it "to serve one another." Your gift was not given primarily to make you feel significant. It was given because someone else needs what God intends to provide through you. Peter also calls believers "good stewards." A steward manages what belongs to someone else. Your gift is not your possession to hoard, compare, or use for self-promotion. It belongs to God, and He has placed it in your hands for a purpose. This changes the way we think about gifts. A spiritual gift is not a spotlight. It is a stewardship. Peter then places ministry into two broad categories: speaking and serving. Some believers communicate truth, teach Scripture, encourage faith, or proclaim the gospel. Others organize, give, show mercy, extend hospitality, meet practical needs, or quietly strengthen people behind the scenes. One form may be more visible, but it is not more valuable. The person speaking to thousands, like Charlie, and the person quietly encouraging one discouraged believer, like you and me, may both be faithful stewards of God's grace. Peter also explains how these gifts should be used. Those who speak must remain governed by God's truth. Those who serve must depend on the strength God supplies. We do not merely work for God through natural energy. We allow Him to work through us by His Spirit. And the goal is clear: "That in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ." This one-year anniversary of Charlie's assassination invites a personal question for suffering and exiled believers trying to live holy in a hostile world. Are you faithfully using what God has placed in your hands? You may still be unsure how God has gifted you. That is worth discovering. An assessment cannot assign your calling or replace prayer, Scripture, service, and the wisdom of mature believers. But it can help you identify patterns of grace God may already be expressing through your life. You can take my 80-question Spiritual Gifts Assessment and begin exploring how God may have equipped you to serve, lead, give, encourage, teach, or care for others. https://beresolute.org/sga/ An assessment may help name your gift. Service will help develop it. Fruit and faithful believers will help confirm it. None of us controls how long we have to use what God has entrusted to us. So stop comparing your gift to someone else's. Stop waiting for a larger audience, a perfect opportunity, or complete certainty. Begin serving the people God has already placed around you. The gift comes from God. The strength comes from God. And the glory belongs to God. DO THIS: Take my Spiritual Gifts Assessment today. Then ask two mature believers who know you well, "Where have you seen God consistently use me to strengthen other people?" Choose one practical way to begin serving with that gift this week. https://beresolute.org/sga/ ASK THIS: What patterns of service, leadership, encouragement, teaching, giving, or care has God consistently used in my life? Am I using what God gave me to serve others—or waiting for recognition and a larger opportunity? Where could I begin exercising my gift in God's strength right now? PRAY THIS: Father, thank You for giving every believer a place in Your work. Help me recognize the grace You have entrusted to me and use it faithfully for the good of others. Guard me from comparison, pride, fear, and passivity. Supply the strength I need to speak and serve so that Jesus is honored and You receive all the glory. Amen. PLAY THIS: "Available."

   September 10, 2026·8min
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   Number 5: What Does "Love Covers a Multitude of Sins" Mean? | 1 Peter 4:8-9

   Our text today is 1 Peter 4:8-9: Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. — 1 Peter 4:8-9 Pressure has a way of exposing what relationships are made of. When life is calm, patience comes more easily. But when people are tired, frightened, disappointed, or under strain, small offenses begin to feel larger. Weaknesses become harder to overlook, and relationships that once felt effortless can become difficult to maintain. Peter was writing to believers living under increasing opposition. They needed one another more than ever, yet the very pressure drawing them together could also make them impatient, critical, and resentful toward one another. So Peter writes, "Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins." The word earnestly describes love that remains intense, persistent, and fully engaged. Peter is not calling for polite affection or occasional kindness. He is telling believers to keep their love for one another at full strength, especially when pressure makes it easier to withdraw. Then Peter says that love "covers a multitude of sins." What does that mean? Peter is echoing Proverbs 10:12: "Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses." Hatred keeps an offense alive. It repeats the story, recruits an audience, assumes the worst, and uses another person's failure as a weapon. Love responds differently. Love does not call sin good. It does not conceal abuse, hide criminal behavior, or protect destructive patterns from necessary accountability. Some sins must be confronted, reported, and addressed to protect others. But love refuses to publicize every weakness, preserve every grievance, or make someone's worst moment the permanent description of who they are. Love covers what hatred broadcasts. Sometimes love covers by quietly forgiving an offense that does not need to become a larger conflict. At other times, love requires a direct and honest conversation. But even then, the goal is restoration rather than humiliation. Peter understood this personally. Years earlier, he had asked Jesus how many times he needed to forgive someone who sinned against him. Peter thought seven times sounded generous. Jesus taught him that forgiveness could not be reduced to careful calculations. Later, Peter became the one who needed that kind of grace. After denying Jesus three times, Peter might have expected rejection. Instead, Jesus met him beside the Sea of Galilee. He did not pretend Peter's failure had never happened. He brought it into the light, restored Peter, and called him back into service. Jesus covered Peter's sin without calling it insignificant. He told the truth, extended grace, and refused to let Peter's failure become the final word over his life. Peter then makes love practical: "Show hospitality to one another without grumbling." For the early church, hospitality was more than entertaining friends. Believers gathered in homes. Travelers needed lodging. Displaced Christians needed food, shelter, fellowship, and protection. Hospitality meant sharing homes, meals, resources, and life with others. Hospitality is love with the door open. But Peter adds two last words: "without grumbling." Opening your life to others costs something. People interrupt schedules, consume resources, create messes, and sometimes ask more than you expected to give. It is possible to open your home while quietly closing your heart. Peter calls believers to something better. Christian hospitality does not merely make room at the table. It makes room in the heart. Life under pressure will expose weaknesses—in you and in everyone around you. When it does, do not let love shrink. Tell the truth when truth is needed. Forgive when you are wronged. Protect another person's dignity. Open your life without keeping score. Hatred exposes in order to destroy. Love covers in order to restore. Jesus did that for Peter. Peter now calls us to do the same. DO THIS: Identify one offense you have been replaying or discussing with others. Ask whether love calls for quiet forgiveness, a private restorative conversation, or appropriate accountability. Then take that next step without broadcasting the person's failure. ASK THIS: Am I protecting another person's dignity or repeatedly exposing their weakness? Is there an offense I need to forgive or address privately in love? Where could I practice hospitality by making room in my home, schedule, or attention for someone who needs care? PRAY THIS: Father, thank You for the love and grace You have shown me through Jesus. Keep my love for others from weakening when life becomes difficult. Help me forgive without keeping score, speak truth with the goal of restoration, and protect others from needless shame. Open my heart, my home, and my life so that Your love is visible through me. Amen. PLAY THIS: "By Our Love."

   September 09, 2026·9min
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