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1 Peter 4:7

First Nations Version

The end of all things is near, so think good thoughts and be single-minded in your prayers.

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In light of all of this, stand ready in your mind to face what is ahead. Think clearly and set all your hope on the gift of great kindness that will be yours when Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One is revealed.


Stay alert and remain calm, for your opponent, the evil trickster, prowls about, roaring like a mountain lion, looking for someone to devour.


But you must remain clear-minded in every way, stand strong in hard times, and do the work of a good storyteller. Keep doing what Creator has called on you to do.


“So keep your eyes straight. Do not let your hearts fall to the ground. Do not give yourselves to drinking or worrying about your life’s possessions, or that day will take you by surprise.


To do this, we must never give up on gathering together, as some have. Instead, we should encourage each other, and all the more as you see the day of his appearing coming near.


When you send your voice to the Great Spirit, stay alert and never give up praying and giving thanks.


It instructs us to turn away from all that does not honor our Creator and from the desire to walk in the ways of this world. It instructs us to walk with straight and firm steps on a good and sacred path in this present world.


Let hope make your heart glad. Keep sending your voice to the Great Spirit, even when the road gets hard to walk.


Let everyone see how kind and thoughtful you are. Our Honored Chief is close at hand.


“Why are you sleeping?” he asked. “Wake up and pray for strength to face this time of testing!”


“Behold, I am coming like a thief!” says Creator Sets Free (Jesus). “Creator’s blessing will rest on the one who remains awake, wearing regalia, and not naked and ashamed for all to see.”


In the same way, you husbands, live in an understanding way with your wife. She may be physically weaker, but she deserves honor as one who shares equally with you in the gift of great kindness as you walk together on the road of life. Then nothing will stand in the way of your prayers.


All of this is done by prayer, sending your voice to the Great Spirit, asking him for all that is needed. As you pray with the help of the Spirit, stay alert and keep all of Creator’s holy people in your thoughts, praying for their needs.


Then, after the Chosen One has brought down all rulers, powers, and authorities, the good road will reach its goal. Then the Chosen One will give the well-traveled good road over to his Father, the Great Spirit.


Here is what I am saying to you who are members of the sacred family: There is not much time left before these troubled times come. So those who are married should now prepare themselves to live as if they were not.


So be on the lookout, because you never know when your Honored Chief will arrive.


So stay on guard, praying that you will find a safe path through this time and stand strong before the True Human Being.”


“Here is what I am saying to you: be prepared like the wise women in this story and always be ready, for you do not know the time of day or night that the True Human Being will appear.”


For then, from the time when the world was formed, he would have had to suffer over and over again. But now, at the fullness of the ages, he appeared to bring an end to broken ways by performing the once-for-all-time ceremony when he offered himself.





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