The world
needs us
to be the
“strangers.”How pg. 32 — lightandlifemagazine.com
Did
You Know?
“Instead of
acting like
the world,
we should be
strangers in
the world.”
By Brett Heintzman
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a
people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him
who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were
not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not
received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Dear friends, I urge
you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires,
which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans
that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good
deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us” (1 Peter 2:9–12 NIV 1984).
Brett Heintzman is the publisher of LIGHT + LIFE through his role as
the communications director of the Free Methodist Church – USA, which
he also serves as the co-director of the National Prayer Ministry. Visit
freemethodistbooks.com to order his books “Becoming a Person of Prayer,”
“Holy People”(Volume 1 of the “Vital” series), “Jericho: Your Journey to
Deliverance and Freedom” and “The Crossroads: Asking for the Ancient Paths.”
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