PETER’S CHECKLIST FOR A NORMAL/HAPPY CHRISTIAN LIFE:

1. Live in unity/harmony with one another

2. Have genuine sympathy for others

3. Love one another as brothers/sisters

4. Translate that love into compassionate action

5. Be humble

6. Bless those who want to ‘do you in’

7. Watch your tongue

8. Turn from evil to goodness

9. Be a peace-maker

10. Feel ‘blessed’ if you suffer for doing what is right

11. Don’t be fearful or intimidated

12. Make Christ the Lord #1 in your life

13. When you’re challenged about your faith/hope, treat your antagonists with godly respect, even reverence

14. Keep your conscience clear.

(1 Peter 3: 8-16a).

Rowland Croucher