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40 Day Adventure – Day 31

WEEK 5 – Mirror, mirror in God’s hand

Bible text(s)

The Day of the LORD

28“Afterwards I will pour out my Spirit on everyone:

your sons and daughters will proclaim my message;

your old people will have dreams,

and your young people will see visions.

29At that time I will pour out my Spirit

even on servants, both men and women.

30“I will give warnings of that day

in the sky and on the earth;

there will be bloodshed, fire, and clouds of smoke.

31The sun will be darkened,

and the moon will turn red as blood

before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.

32But all who ask the LORD for help will be saved.

As the LORD has said,

‘Some in Jerusalem will escape;

those whom I choose will survive.’ ”

Joel 2:28-32GNBOpen in Bible reader

A Living Hope

3Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope, 4and so we look forward to possessing the rich blessings that God keeps for his people. He keeps them for you in heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away. 5They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time.

6Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer. 7Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honour on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express, 9because you are receiving the salvation of your souls, which is the purpose of your faith in him.

1 Peter 1:3-9GNBOpen in Bible reader
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