![]() ![]() How concerned are we about keeping our minds nimble and focused for the purpose of praying? That's a harder question. How necessary is prayer for Christians? It is crucial. It is better to be self-controlled, so that we can pray. Our choices impact our ability to think clearly. In the two years that have passed, Beartowns hockey team is now. In this context, "sober" means "serious." In other words, we should be careful about how we live. Mayas parents, Peter and Kira, are caught up in an investigation of the hockey. The adults turn on Peter and Pam, but Pam commands them to order. Dnouement: The Thieves Incarnadine, locked in his armor, tumbles off a ledge and crashes to the ground, where he dies. Pam and Peter concoct a plan to retake the throne. Instead, Peter writes, we must be self-controlled, or alert, or exercising sound judgment about our choices. the kingdom, and also looking for her missing twin. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. This is yet another reason not to jump into the mindless pleasure-seeking described in prior verses. Synopsis: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. And, that prayer requires strong and clear minds. So, what is the right response to this awareness that the end of all things is near? Panic? Isolation? Indulgence in pleasure-seeking? Peter's answer is that the most rational response is to pray. This triumphantly weird, whimsical story takes place in a world where certain children are brave, resourceful, clever, and wise, and most adults are pitiful. That span seems extremely long to short-lived humans (2 Peter 3:3–4), but the day continues to draw ever nearer. All proper scary stories require a spooky, menacing atmosphere, and Auxier (Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes) delivers the goods with his precise. True, by God's grace, it has been 2,000 years since Peter wrote these words (2 Peter 3:9). Along with the other New Testament writers, Peter affirms that we are now living in the last days or end times. Messiah has come, lived, died (1 Peter 3:18), been resurrected (1 Peter 3:21), and ascended back to His Father where He reigns now over the universe (1 Peter 3:22) and is ready right now to judge all who live and have ever lived (1 Peter 4:5). ![]() ![]() More specifically, Peter writes that the end of all things is near, or "draws near." Everything necessary for history to come to an end has already happened. He now offers a perspective which is both encouraging and a warning: It's almost over. Peter is writing to Christians who suffer for Jesus' sake, to those who have taken on Christ's attitude that hardships for God's cause are part of our purpose as His people. ![]()
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