1 Peter #18 1 Peter 5:8-11 (MSG) Mission Critical--Discipline, Situational Awareness, Guard Your Heart We know that the congregation that Peter is writing to is experiencing persecution because of their faith. That sounds like it’s time for a fight. Stand up and peacefully protest the unjust dealings they were encountering. How hard would it be for you if someone you had great respect for, someone who may have led you to the Lord and has been mentoring you, not only you but the folks you worship with, how hard would it be when you’re crying for help, for direction and you are told: “submit to the persecution and suffering.” Woah, that’s what God wants, to submit to the persecution and the suffering and the pain, to put up with the slander, and, not to make a stand? That’s exactly what God wants. Peter has told us to cast all our cares, our anxiety, our concern, and the situation in which we are being persecuted on God because God cares. To do that takes faith. Faith i