Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation. 1 Peter 2:2

Questions to answer:

1. Have I been unloving lately towards someone in my life and need God’s help to put it away?

2. Do I need God’s help for more hunger and discipline to meet with him in his Word? So that I crave it.

3. Do I need to make it more of a point to be built up in spiritual community? Gathering regularly with other believers.

4. Do I need to bask in the mercy God has shown me, so that I more joyfully and naturally proclaim him in my everyday life?

5. What can I do to be a part of our church living good lives in the way we serve this community?

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation. 1 Peter 2:2

Questions to answer:

1. Have I been unloving lately towards someone in my life and need God’s help to put it away?

2. Do I need God’s help for more hunger and discipline to meet with him in his Word? So that I crave it.

3. Do I need to make it more of a point to be built up in spiritual community? Gathering regularly with other believers.

4. Do I need to bask in the mercy God has shown me, so that I more joyfully and naturally proclaim him in my everyday life?

5. What can I do to be a part of our church living good lives in the way we serve this community?

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.1 Peter 1:13

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials. 1 Peter 1:6

1. Of what awaits us in the future - a living hope 1 Peter 1:3-5

2. Rejoice now although you have been grieved, God hijacks the pain and uses it for good. Through trials we learn to love God more. 1 Peter 6-9

3. Our joy is based on the past - Old Testament prophets foretold the coming of Jesus Christ and the angels look into the hope we have in Christ. 1 Peter 1:10-12

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials. 1 Peter 1:6

1. Of what awaits us in the future - a living hope 1 Peter 1:3-5

2. Rejoice now although you have been grieved, God hijacks the pain and uses it for good. Through trials we learn to love God more. 1 Peter 6-9

3. Our joy is based on the past - Old Testament prophets foretold the coming of Jesus Christ and the angels look into the hope we have in Christ. 1 Peter 1:10-12

As Christianity spread across the Roman Empire, it encountered widespread opposition because the followers of Jesus were a direct challenge to immorality, idolatry, & paganism. Christians became social outcasts. They were feared, misunderstood, opposed & ultimately attacked. Peter writes to encourage the believers in area of present day Turkey to stand fast in the grace of God in the midst of severe suffering. First Peter is a letter for today! The first two verses are packed with so much information!

As Christianity spread across the Roman Empire, it encountered widespread opposition because the followers of Jesus were a direct challenge to immorality, idolatry, & paganism. Christians became social outcasts. They were feared, misunderstood, opposed & ultimately attacked. Peter writes to encourage the believers in area of present day Turkey to stand fast in the grace of God in the midst of severe suffering. First Peter is a letter for today! The first two verses are packed with so much information!

And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 1 King 19:13

And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 1 King 19:13