Live A Holy Life

A Shiloh Scripture Sign A recent sermon series at our church was on "Living With Hope in a Broken World." One week, three key points on how to do that were: (1) Life a Holy Life (2) Life With Fear of God (3) Love One Another Earnestly With a Pure heart. One of my favorite young mothers at church texted after the sermon and said, "Could I come speak to you about the sermon?" She came the next day and said, "I want to live a life that is holy, but how do you do that?" Before she and I looked into God's Word in 1 Peter 1:13-24 where Peter packs a purposeful punch on this topic I said, "Think about this. Daily we wash dirty dishes and clothes, we wipe out messy sinks and potties, we squish spiders found in the corners, pick up after ourselves and others, pull up weeds in the yard and clean up debris that has blown in the yard. Physical clean up is none stop. Likewise, being Spirit controlled isn't just a daily choice, it's a moment by ...