Prepare Your Mind for Action

1 Peter 1:13 NASB95

13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

sense:"to prepare to think hard ⇔ gird up the loins of the mind"

How do we prepare our minds for action?

Keep sober

Fix you hope on Grace that comes from knowing Christ.

Sober: G3525 Nepho

be calm and collected in spirit, to be temperate, not influenced by emotions or feelings, to consider carfully looking at all possible consequences…

Sober = Clear Headed, staying away from anything that clouds the mind.

1 Peter 4:7 NASB95

7 The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.

2 Timothy 4:5 NASB95

5 But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Words for the year.

Working out and about to lift something very heavy.

1 Thessalonians 5:4–8 NASB95

4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; 5 for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness; 6 so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night. 8 But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Closing:

Questions:

Holy Spirit, How do I continue what you started during lent?

Would You help me sobor minded and focused on the word You gave me?

Other References:

1 Peter 5:8 NASB95

8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Ephesians 6:14 NASB95

14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Luke 12:35 NASB95

35 “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.