1. Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Yeshua Messiah,to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our Elohim and Savior, Yeshua Messiah:
2. Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of Elohim and of Yeshua our Master;
3. seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
4. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
5. Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence,knowledge,
6. and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, .
7. and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness,love.
8. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Master Yeshua Messiah.
9. For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
10. Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
11. for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Master and Savior Yeshua Messiah will be abundantly supplied to you.”

When we receive the faith as a result of the true knowledge of YHVH and His Son Yeshua, then GRACE and PEACE are to be multiplied to us. Grace is the power and enablement to do Yah’s will and peace is far more than the absence of fear.  Shalom in the Hebrew means:

1.   Peace
2.   Tranquility
3.   Safety
4.   Well Being
5.   Welfare
6.   Health & Wholeness
7.   Contentment
8.   Success
9.   Comfort
10.   Integrity

 If we’re anything short of this list, we’re not receiving the full and magnificent promises of the peace that Yeshua said He gives His children

Closing out I want to show the progression of how succinctly Peter lists out the steps of action!!!

1. Apply Diligence
2. Faith
3. Moral Excellence
4. Knowledge
5. Self-Control
6. Perseverance
7. Godliness
8. Brotherly Kindness
9. LOVE

May the Spirit of Knowledge, which draws us into deeper intimacy with our Creator, lead us in adding each of these qualities to our lives.

Have a blessed and shalom filled preparation day!!!

Courtesy of
River of Life Tabernacle
Tammy McLendon
Great peace have they who love Your law. Psalm 119:165a