Devotional Guide
Devotional Guide
Mon: Familiarization
Mon: Familiarization
1 Peter 3.1-12
1 Peter 3.1-12
• 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 3.1-12 several times. Notice
• Pick a passage in the book and pray through it for people at Zion.
Tues: Observation • Slowly read 1 Peter 3.1-12 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.
• Pray this passage for the leaders at Zion.
Wed: Organization
Wed: Organization
• Read 1 Peter 3.1-12 once.
• Read 1 Peter 3.1-12 once.
• Jot some notes on its structure; how is this
• Jot some notes on its structure; how is this
passage arranged/organized? This one’s a little
passage arranged/organized? This one’s a little
easier; there are several fairly obvious sections.
easier; there are several fairly obvious sections.
• Pray through the passage, this time for yourself
Pray through the passage, this time for yourself
and those immediately around you.
and those immediately around you.
Thurs: Investigation
Thurs: Investigation
• Read 1 Peter 3.1-12 once.
• Read 1 Peter 3.1-12 once.
• Write some notes answering the question:
• Write some notes answering the question:
3.1-7: The call to the wife and the husband are
3.1-7: The call to the wife and the husband are
both similar and different. In what ways and why?
both similar and different. In what ways and why?
How does each reflect the model in 2.21-25?
How does each reflect the model in 2.21-25?
• Pray for marriages of people you know at Zion
• Pray for marriages of people you know at Zion
to look like Christ in a hostile world.
Fri: More Investigation
to look like Christ in a hostile world.
Fri: More Investigation
• Read 1 Peter 3.1-12 once.
• Read 1 Peter 3.1-12 once.
• Write some notes answering the questions:
• Write some notes answering the questions:
3.8-12: The Christian call here is founded on a
3.8-12: The Christian call here is founded on a
long OT quotation. Locate the quotation and
long OT quotation. Locate the quotation and
ponder how that entire OT chapter interacts with
ponder how that entire OT chapter interacts with
the theology of this passage and 1 Peter in
the theology of this passage and 1 Peter in
general (hint: parts of this OT chapter are quoted
general (hint: parts of this OT chapter are quoted
several times in different places in 1 Peter).
several times in different places in 1 Peter).
• Pray for the way we as Zion can exemplify the
• Pray for the way we as Zion can exemplify the
message of this passage in the way we relate to each
message of this passage in the way we relate to each
other and to the world.
other and to the world.
Sat: Proclamation
Sat: Proclamation
• Read 1 Peter 3.1-12 once.
• Read 1 Peter 3.1-12 once.
• Sum up your devotional week by writing a
• 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.