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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nStay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.\u00a0Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers\u00a0all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.” 1 Peter 5:6-10, NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notes from the Life Application Study Bible, Third Edition<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We often worry about position and status, hoping to get proper recognition for what we do. But Peter advises us to remember that God\u2019s recognition counts more than human praise. God is able and willing to bless us according to his timing. Humbly obey God regardless of your present circumstances, and in his good time\u2014either in this life or in the next\u2014he will honor you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carrying our worries, stresses, and daily struggles by ourselves shows that we have not trusted God fully with our lives. Humility is needed, however, to recognize that God cares, to admit our needs, and to let others in God\u2019s family help us. Sometimes we think that struggles caused by our own sin and foolishness are not God\u2019s concern. But when we turn to God in repentance, he will bear the weight even of those struggles. Letting God carry our anxieties calls for action, not passivity. Don\u2019t submit to circumstances; submit to the Lord, who controls circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lions attack sick, young, or straggling animals; they choose victims who are alone or not alert. Peter warns us to watch out for Satan when we are suffering or being persecuted. When you are feeling alone, weak, helpless, and cut off from other believers, or when you are so focused on your troubles that you forget to watch for danger, you are especially vulnerable to Satan\u2019s attacks. During times of suffering, seek other Christians for support. Keep your eyes on Christ, and resist the devil. Then, says James, \u201che will flee from you\u201d (James 4:7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n When we are suffering, we often feel as though our pain will never end. Peter gave these faithful Christians a broader perspective. In comparison with eternity, their suffering would last only \u201ca little while.\u201d Some of Peter\u2019s readers would be strengthened and delivered in their own lifetimes. Others would be released from their suffering through death. All of God\u2019s faithful followers are assured of an eternal life with Christ, where there will be no suffering (Revelation 21:4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Look inside the Life Application Study Bible, Third Edition. <\/em>Now, available in Large Print and Personal Size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.\u00a0Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.\u00a0Stand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,15,39,44,45,51],"tags":[227],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5671,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4677\/revisions\/5671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/02\/Dryer-Lady-Small.jpg\")
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