Delight in Grace

Rejoicing in the face of suffering really seems counterintuitive.   We might expect Surprise, worry, fear, or anger in the face of hardship, but 1 Peter 4:13 calls us to rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.  But how do we do that?  Today Rich shares the confident expectation we can have that will lead to settled satisfaction in the middle of deep pain.  Let’s listen to this message titled suffering is shared.

The Bible explicitly teaches that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life.  Today’s text, 1 Peter 4:12 says 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. So why are we so often blind-sided when hardship and hurt come our way? Pastor RIch answers this question in today’s message titled  Suffering is not Strange.  Listen as Rich contrasts our natural response to suffering to a response hinged on God’s self-disclosure.

The Bible explicitly teaches that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life.  Today’s text, 1 Peter 4:12 says 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. So why are we so often blind-sided when hardship and hurt come our way? Pastor RIch answers this question in today’s message titled  Suffering is not Strange.  Listen as Rich contrasts our natural response to suffering to a response hinged on God’s self-disclosure.

The Bible explicitly teaches that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life.  Today’s text, 1 Peter 4:12 says 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. So why are we so often blind-sided when hardship and hurt come our way? Pastor RIch answers this question in today’s message titled  Suffering is not Strange.  Listen as Rich contrasts our natural response to suffering to a response hinged on God’s self-disclosure.

The Bible explicitly teaches that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life.  Today’s text, 1 Peter 4:12 says 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. So why are we so often blind-sided when hardship and hurt come our way? Pastor RIch answers this question in today’s message titled  Suffering is not Strange.  Listen as Rich contrasts our natural response to suffering to a response hinged on God’s self-disclosure.

Christians, we have a race to run, a mission and calling for today.  God calls us to a disciplined life.  For some of us, that word “discipline” may have connotations of striving in our own strength to follow rules, as if God saves us by grace, then sends us off to the  exhausting and impossible task of  being worthy of that salvation.  But no.  God’s beautiful grace follows us in its transforming work.  We must discipline our hearts to abide in Christ, to live with the end in view, to surrender to His work, to His heart.  But God does not send us out alone.  He gives us the Spirit to walk with us and Christ’s example to empower us.  Today, Rich unpacks 1 Peter 4:7-11 in this message titled, Disciplined for the Goal.

Christians, we have a race to run, a mission and calling for today.  God calls us to a disciplined life.  For some of us, that word “discipline” may have connotations of striving in our own strength to follow rules, as if God saves us by grace, then sends us off to the  exhausting and impossible task of  being worthy of that salvation.  But no.  God’s beautiful grace follows us in its transforming work.  We must discipline our hearts to abide in Christ, to live with the end in view, to surrender to His work, to His heart.  But God does not send us out alone.  He gives us the Spirit to walk with us and Christ’s example to empower us.  Today, Rich unpacks 1 Peter 4:7-11 in this message titled, Disciplined for the Goal.

Christians, we have a race to run, a mission and calling for today.  God calls us to a disciplined life.  For some of us, that word “discipline” may have connotations of striving in our own strength to follow rules, as if God saves us by grace, then sends us off to the  exhausting and impossible task of  being worthy of that salvation.  But no.  God’s beautiful grace follows us in its transforming work.  We must discipline our hearts to abide in Christ, to live with the end in view, to surrender to His work, to His heart.  But God does not send us out alone.  He gives us the Spirit to walk with us and Christ’s example to empower us.  Today, Rich unpacks 1 Peter 4:7-11 in this message titled, Disciplined for the Goal.

Christians, we have a race to run, a mission and calling for today.  God calls us to a disciplined life.  For some of us, that word “discipline” may have connotations of striving in our own strength to follow rules, as if God saves us by grace, then sends us off to the  exhausting and impossible task of  being worthy of that salvation.  But no.  God’s beautiful grace follows us in its transforming work.  We must discipline our hearts to abide in Christ, to live with the end in view, to surrender to His work, to His heart.  But God does not send us out alone.  He gives us the Spirit to walk with us and Christ’s example to empower us.  Today, Rich unpacks 1 Peter 4:7-11 in this message titled, Disciplined for the Goal.

For believers, our freedom is anchored in the cross of Jesus.  Because of that, the way we process life must be cross-centered.  As we surrender daily  to Christ’s work, our attitudes and affections will be transformed by Him.  Only then can we do life well.  A cross-centered life will look drastically different from the world’s system of living, but we can swim against the current with the confident expectation of a glorious future with our Savior.  Listen as Rich brings a message from 1 Peter 4:1-6 titled Distinguished by Grace.