We’re spending these summer months looking at the “habits of grace” found in the pages of both the Old and New Testaments. As we’ve said from the beginning, these habits are not to be seen as onerous tasks rooted in human effort, but instead as gifts given to us by God and rooted in Christ’s
redeeming work. Today, we’re looking at vocation—those responsibilities we’ve been called to, both inside and outside of our homes.
As Mark shared last week, we’re spending these fall months looking at 1 Peter. This was a letter written to followers of Jesus living in a world that was hostile to the Christian faith. So Peter writes this letter in order to encourage his readers. But also, in order to help them understand what it means…
In earlier sections of this letter Peter wrote to his audience about relationships between slaves and masters, and husbands and wives. Mark walked us thorough all of those dynamics both last week and the week before. But here, starting in verse 8, Peter addresses, not just “some” people in the church, but “all of you.”…
Today, we want to discuss another grace gift given to us in prayer; the gift of lament. When we utilize this gift, we give voice to our pain, grief, struggle and in so doing we’re able to tap into the rich reservoir of God’s grace in our time of need. And we’re reminded that grace…
This morning we are continuing in our summer series the “Habits of Grace.” Again, these are habits that should flow out of who we are as God’s children because of the grace we have received through Christ and not as an attempt to curry favor with God. This is especially true of kindness and the…
TIn today’s text, Peter is going to tell us how we preserve our identity as God’s very own possession; it’s answering the call to live as God’s servants in all aspects of life. Which entails freely submitting to those who’ve been placed in authority over us for God’s sake. This isn’t Peter’s opinion based on…
Today we will discuss something that does not come naturally to us and never comes easily. Because we still struggle with sin, God graciously allows us to come to him no matter what we have done in our lives Notes
