PrayerBits for Saturday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Saturday

Scripture lesson: 1 Peter 2:19-25 The Ultimate victim

 

Time to reflect: Being a victim on behalf of another is both honored by our society and viewed as unnatural and only for special people. 1 Peter suggests that it is a proper attitude for all of us.

Moving through the day: Think of a time when you did or you might in the future suffer for the sake of others. Pray a prayer of thanksgiving for the sacrifice and suffering Jesus went through on your behalf.

Scripture:

For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God. But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
 "He committed no sin,
      and no deceit was found in his mouth." When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.