October 6, 2026
Please use the comment section on this page to share insights from today’s reading OR your own personal Bible reading.
Reading along with us in Nehemiah and 1 Peter? Here’s today’s reading:
1 Peter 3 (NIV)
1 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, 2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.…..Continue Reading
Next: Nehemiah 10
—
Back: Nehemiah 9
God’s intention for marriage was a perfect partnership. Unfortunately, when we do not keep up our ends of the deal as women and men it becomes so hard. God designs things with balannce and so many marriages are out of balance and then it does not work the way God intended it to be.
Suffering for doing good…Jesus is our perfect example. We will never see suffering like He did and it did not stop him from doing His Father’s work. We can expect opposition but we also have the same Holy Spirit power to guide, direct, and protect us. We do not need the approval of man but just of our Father in Heaven!
God’s instruction for marriage is given here where respect for each other is the foundation. That respect functions differently in the roles given to wives and husbands, but neither party is to be heavy handed or selfish but think more of the other one. This works best under the power of the Spirit and the instruction of the word. And our mates will be impacted well and God will be glorified. And He calls all of us to be loving, understanding and humble in the way we conduct ourselves. We are to avoid evil and do good, even if we suffer for it. Jesus is our model for that and it is through Him that we are saved and baptism is an outward expression of our salvation, not the means of it. That is found in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
1 Peter 3:9 stood out to me , don’t pay back evil with evil don’t pay back unkind words with unkind words . instead, payback unkind words with kind words, this is what you have been chosen to do You will receive a blessing by doing this .
Tried marriage my way. Without the Holy Spirit. 10 years. Wondering eyes and desires. Tried marriage God’s way. One of the greatest blessings in my life!! Nothing breaks a marriage if you start your day praying together asking and surrendering all things to the almighty and asking for blessings on your marriage. That’s a prayer He delights in and will bless!!
1 Peter 3
1 Peter 3
God is telling us how inner beauty is important; unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
“Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;”
I Peter 3:8 NKJV
1 Peter 3
Psalm 31; Nehemiah 9; 1 Peter 3
Don’t repay evil with evil, repay evil with blessing. Be occupied with seeking peace and pursuing it. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. So, don’t be concerned about those who do all sorts of evil against us. We are to treat them the same as we would any other people knowing that the Lord has our backs and he will deal with them accordingly in his perfect timing.