Devotional Guide
Devotional Guide
Mon: Familiarization
Mon: Familiarization
1 Peter 5.1-14
• Prayerfully, reflectively, read 1 Peter in its entirety (this is your last time! Good job!). • Pick a passage in the book and pray through it for people at Zion.
Tues: Observation • Slowly read 1 Peter 5.1-14 several times. Notice
1 Peter 5.1-14
• Prayerfully, reflectively, read 1 Peter in its entirety (this is your last time! Good job!). • Pick a passage in the book and pray through it for people at Zion.
Tues: Observation • Slowly read 1 Peter 5.1-14 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 5.1-14 once.
• Read 1 Peter 5.1-14 once.
• Jot some notes on its structure; how is this
• Jot some notes on its structure; how is this
passage arranged/organized? (note that there are
passage arranged/organized? (note that there are
two major book sections here and that the book
two major book sections here and that the book
is concluding).
is concluding).
• 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 5.1-14 once.
• Write some notes answering the question:
Thurs: Investigation • Read 1 Peter 5.1-14 once.
• Write some notes answering the question:
5.6-11: It is not unusual for an epistle to end with
5.6-11: It is not unusual for an epistle to end with
a raft of instructions like this. We often think of
a raft of instructions like this. We often think of
them as “one-offs,” a series of disconnected
them as “one-offs,” a series of disconnected
statements. They pretty much never are. How
statements. They pretty much never are. How
does this paragraph work together to conclude
does this paragraph work together to conclude
1 Peter’s body?
1 Peter’s body?
• Pray that you and we at Zion would stand
• Pray that you and we at Zion would stand
against the schemes of our enemy as he seeks to
against the schemes of our enemy as he seeks to
cause us to abandon the faith instead of glorify
cause us to abandon the faith instead of glorify
God in our suffering.
God in our suffering.
Fri: More Investigation • Read 1 Peter 5.1-14 once.
• Write some notes answering the question:
Fri: More Investigation • Read 1 Peter 5.1-14 once.
• Write some notes answering the question:
5.12-14: Like the introduction (1.1-2), expect to
5.12-14: Like the introduction (1.1-2), expect to
find major book themes in summary form here.
find major book themes in summary form here.
How many do you find and what are they?
How many do you find and what are they?
• Pray for all the Church in Babylon (i.e. the
• Pray for all the Church in Babylon (i.e. the
hostile world system opposed to God and His
hostile world system opposed to God and His
Messiah) to persevere in and until Judgment.
Messiah) to persevere in and until Judgment.
Sat: Proclamation
• Read 1 Peter 5.1-14 once. • Sum up your devotional week by writing a
Sat: Proclamation
• Read 1 Peter 5.1-14 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.