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How are you doing? Have you taken the time to assess how you’re doing? It really is important for our own health (not just personally, but as a church) to take the time to stop and ask ourselves, how are we doing? When we see unrest around our world, and in our own communities it can raise the anxiety…

Finding our lives. You hear people say that they need to get to a place of solitude for the reason of finding themselves. We’ve heard people say that they need to get away from toxic relationships, with the goal of finding them self. You can read books on finding yourself, discovering yourself. By ways…

Introduction: Today, we gather to reflect on the powerful message found in 1 Peter 4:1-6 , which calls us to embrace Christ's suffering and live according to God's will. In these verses, the apostle Peter provides us with profound insights into how we, as followers of Christ, should approach the challenges…

Introduction When you picture God what do you see? “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us”- A.W. Tozer. Talk to any person about who God is and they will give you different answers. In the Rabbit Trails class we have been talking about God in the Trinity…

We have allowed comfort to over shadow sanctification If you have spent anytime reading the New Testament you know we have two natures: flesh Spirit We can only nurture one or the other each has an inverse impact on comfort and suffering Serving the flesh means immediate comfort and long term suffering…

We are just finishing up our birthday season. We have Christmas, then Nancy and Grace’s birthdays are in January, and David’s and mine are in February. That makes for a lot of gifts being given in two months. The kids have been thrilled. I am looking at the house, wondering what we are going to do with…

“I see!” said the blind man as he picked up a hammer and saw! What could go wrong? Have you ever made a choice that turned out badly, which you could’ve avoided by taking good advice more seriously, doing more research, or thinking more clearly beforehand? The Old Testament book of Proverbs gives some…

17 Pray without ceasing. 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; I. How can you walk with God without communication with Him? 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? A. God has desired for…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

Intro: In Philippians 2:12 , The Apostle Paul encourages us to… “ ...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ;” This does not mean that we are to “work for our salvation”… Because we cannot earn it… It is a free gift. But to work out our salvation is referring to our responsibility, as believers,…

Jesus Wins 1 Peter 3 18-22 Jesus suffered and died for sin the just for the unjust the righteous for the unrighteous For the corruption that satan perpetrated on the humans Jesus now sits on the throne of God sovereign over all Jesus has destroyed Satan’s power Jesus is in control over all We have hope…

It was the day I set a State Record in swimming… I will never forget it! I had trained, learned the stroke, and now my coach came and told me it was time I would be competing in the 200 meter butterfly!!! Just do what you practiced, swim like I taught you he said I lunged into the stroke as the race…

How does remembering your sinful past help you in arming yourself in suffering? Why do unbelievers resent you? Join Pastor Steve today as he examines Peter's words in 1 Peter 4:3-6.

Growing up I was deaf for the first six years of life. Reading was difficult, and on top of that I was dyslexic but that would not be discovered until I was in my thirties. Great effort was given to language arts and over time I began to appreciate the structure and form of communicating through words.…

Peter stands before Christ as Jesus ask him a very direct question… his answer resonates with the same powerful truth as it did that day and the revelation Jesus declares impacts you and I even to this day!!! ( Matthew 16:15-18 ) He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered,…

Scene 1/ It feels nice to be vindicated; but eternal vindication is far better . 4:4-6 Most, if not all of us, have been in the situation when we know someone else is wrong, but others can’t see it. We want people to agree with us because we know that we are right. But they don’t believe us and we might…

Order: Open / Announcements: Next weekend - Missionaries Next Weekend - Fellowship after church December 12th - Church Dinner Worship Sermon Communion Worship Introduction: We are about two months into our walk through 1 Peter. As we study together, our goal is not to have an exhaustive study, but kind…

The coach at halftime- wants to focus his team’s mindset to push for the win, endure the pain, look forward to the glory Suffering in the flesh 18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in…

Critics Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is past suffices for…

Intro “Try to exclude the possibility of suffering which the order of nature and the existence of free wills involve, and you find that you have excluded life itself.” - C.S. Lewis The problem with suffering is that it hurts and we think it a bad thing. However, the most extraordinary event happened…

Introduction 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough…

Introduction 5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 1 “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. A Troubled World By one man’s sin wickedness ++Was great in the earth ++Filled…

Jesus said that the point of this parable was twofold. First, while Jesus is away, the believer is to do something: work—work faithfully and diligently. Second, while Jesus is away, the believer is to know something: his work will be greatly rewarded or severely judged. Christ was dealing with His return.…

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name…

Review Questions Review 1) When was this epistle possibly written? - 63-64 A.D. Review 2) How are we to respond when mistreated by brethren? Why? (9) - With blessing; we were called to so respond, that we may inherit a blessing Review 3) If we suffer according to God’s will, what is better? (17) - To…