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… live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. --1 Peter 4:2 If you listen carefully, you can hear the hoof beats of horses in the distance. And those apocalyptic hoof beats are signaling the end of the age that’s growing closer and closer. We see this truth clearly in the depravity of our times. In the collapse of morality, you and I are witnessing the prophetic fulfillment of Scripture! And we would do well to recognize that our own days are numbered by God himself. Jesus himself warned about these days. He said that as the end of the age approaches the days would be like those of Noah’s time in which God judged the earth. So I wonder: how does this knowledge touch your life? There is a tremendous passage in 1 Peter 2 that asks, “How shall we then live?” meaning how shall we live in the last days?  The answer is presented in 1 Peter 2:16, “Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.” Are you truly free and living as his servant? There’s no time left to live embracing the things of this world. Pledge your all to him and glorify Christ in the time that remains. IN THE COLLAPSE OF MORALITY, WE ARE WITNESSING THE PROPHETIC FULFILLMENT OF SCRIPTURE! Where Is Your Focus? by Dr. Paul Chappell “That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.” Titus 3:7–9 How we receive instruction and correction from the Word of God depends in large measure on whether we understand it to be meant for us, or if we instead think of how others could apply those truths. I read about an elderly church member shaking hands with the pastor after the service on a Sunday morning. “That was a wonderful sermon—just wonderful,” she said. “Everything you said applies to someone I know!” The temptation to apply truth to the lives of others rather than our own is not new, but it is misleading. The truth that God wants us to internalize does us no good if we are only concerned with those around us. We see this in the life of Peter after the resurrection. When Jesus had finished their memorable conversation by the Sea of Galilee designed to bring Peter back to a right relationship with Him, Peter immediately turned his focus to John. “Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me” (John 21:21–22). We must resist the temptation to worry about correcting others instead of taking care of our own spiritual condition. We cannot make progress unless we are willing to focus on our own lives and make the necessary changes to bring us in line with what the Bible commands. That is where all spiritual progress begins. Today’s Growth Principle:  By focusing on your personal spiritual condition, you will benefit from the teaching and preaching you hear.