"The end of everything has come. Therefore, be self-controlled and clearheaded so you can pray." (1 Peter 4:7, CEB)
Our text said to me today that if I am going to pray as I ought, I need to control my self, as in the "old" self? That self is many times at war with the new self in Jesus Christ. If anyone doubts this, just read the Bible. It is full of such theology.
The Church needs to literally clear our heads of all which would be out of submission to Our Father, in Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit------"....so you can pray."
Father, in Jesus' Name, O, for grace to be, "self-controlled and clearheaded...." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
