Devotional Guide
Devotional Guide
Mon: Familiarization
Mon: Familiarization
1 Peter 4.12-5.5
1 Peter 4.12-5.5
• Prayerfully, reflectively, read 1 Peter in its
• Prayerfully, reflectively, read 1 Peter in its
entirety (we are doing this each Monday).
entirety (we are doing this each Monday).
• Pick a passage in the book and pray through it for people at Zion.
Tues: Observation • Slowly read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 several times. Notice
• Pick a passage in the book and pray through it for people at Zion.
Tues: Observation • Slowly read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 several times. Notice
as much as you can about it as time permits;
as much as you can about it as time permits;
nothing is too small or too obvious to write down.
nothing is too small or too obvious to write down.
• Pray this passage for the leaders at Zion.
Wed: Organization
• Pray this passage for the leaders at Zion.
Wed: Organization
• Read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 once.
• Read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 once.
• Jot some notes on its structure; how is this
• Jot some notes on its structure; how is this
passage arranged/organized? (look for subject
passage arranged/organized? (look for subject
changes and clues like direct address)
changes and clues like direct address)
• Pray through the passage, this time for yourself and those immediately around you.
• Pray through the passage, this time for yourself and those immediately around you.
Thurs: Investigation
• Read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 once. • Write some notes answering the questions:
Thurs: Investigation
• Read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 once. • Write some notes answering the questions:
4.12-19: Make a list with two columns. In the
4.12-19: Make a list with two columns. In the
first, write down the new things in this passage
first, write down the new things in this passage
you haven’t read before. In the second, write
you haven’t read before. In the second, write
down the related things that you have read before
down the related things that you have read before
with verse references. Ponder both columns.
with verse references. Ponder both columns.
4.12-19: By this point, we ought to be able to
4.12-19: By this point, we ought to be able to
articulate some measure of 1 Peter’s message
articulate some measure of 1 Peter’s message
about why, how, and what we as Christians suffer.
about why, how, and what we as Christians suffer.
Try your hand at writing it down in a sentence or
Try your hand at writing it down in a sentence or
two. There will be a time in class to share.
two. There will be a time in class to share.
• Pray that you and we at Zion would abandon
• Pray that you and we at Zion would abandon
the ways of the nations to live sufferingly for
the ways of the nations to live sufferingly for
the will of God for the redemption of others.
the will of God for the redemption of others.
Fri: More Investigation • Read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 once.
Fri: More Investigation • Read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 once.
• Finish Thursday, if you ran out of time. It was long.
• Finish Thursday, if you ran out of time. It was long.
• Write some notes answering the question:
• Write some notes answering the question:
5.1-5: Why does 1 Peter single out these two
5.1-5: Why does 1 Peter single out these two
groups and why at this point? Are these “test
groups and why at this point? Are these “test
cases” like some of the passages earlier or is
cases” like some of the passages earlier or is
something else in play here?
something else in play here?
• Pray for our elders, that they would shepherd us
• Pray for our elders, that they would shepherd us
well in suffering toward salvation. Pray for the
well in suffering toward salvation. Pray for the
younger men, that their character would develop
younger men, that their character would develop
so that they would be worthy elders later.
so that they would be worthy elders later.
Sat: Proclamation
• Read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 once. • Sum up your devotional week by writing a
Sat: Proclamation
• Read 1 Peter 4.12-5.5 once. • Sum up your devotional week by writing a
sentence or two about this passage’s message, as
sentence or two about this passage’s message, as
though you were explaining it to someone.
though you were explaining it to someone.
• Pray through the passage, asking for the Holy Spirit’s help in where and how to obey it.
• Pray through the passage, asking for the Holy Spirit’s help in where and how to obey it.