We have an ultimate hope in Jesus. Pastor Cami continues our series in 1 Peter by looking at how Jesus' crucifixion, resurrection, and exaltation give us victory over the trials of our past, present, and future.

What does it mean to be blessed to be a blessing? What does it look like to bless those who curse you? It's easy to get caught into the dog-eat-dog world we live in or to allow bitterness to control our speech. Jesus calls and empowers us to a different life though. Pastor Ryan looks at what it means to have a lifestyle of blessing in part 7 of our series through the book of 1 Peter.

How do I live in a way that wins people to Christ? Too often we live compartmentalized Christianity. We worship and pursue Jesus passionately in our church circles, but our home lives and work lives don't reflect His Spirit at work in and through us. Being a living witness means following Jesus with our entire being, in every sector of our lives. Pastor Ryan continues our series through the book of 1 Peter with a look at how a culture of honor can help us reflect the light of Christ to a lost and dying world.

There are a lot of things in life that are drains on our energy. Be it physical, emotional, or spiritual there are things that suck the life out of us. There are however, also things that are life giving. Jesus said that if anyone comes to Him then He would give them Living Water. Peter frames out a few of those life-giving sources of Living Water for us here in chapter 2 as we continue our series Anchored through the book of 1 Peter.

What does it mean to be holy? What does it look like for the Church to live lives that make people take notice and that points those people to Jesus? Pastor Ryan looks at the things that motivate us as followers of Jesus to live distinct and holy lives as he continues in our study through 1 Peter.

What is your hope tied to? If the thing we tie our hope to is moveable, shakeable, changeable then it will be tossed about and crushed by every wave of the storm of this world. If, on the other hand, our hope is tied to an immoveable, unshakeable, and unchanging anchor then our hope will stand. A living hope must be tied to the Person of Jesus Christ and His work through death on a Roman cross and a resurrection Life three days later. Jesus Christ is the One who stands firm for us in the midst of the storm and provides us with solid footing to embrace life's challenges, to meet the testing of our faith, and to come out the other side refined, with a faith more precious than gold.

Jesus will never be dethroned. What does it mean to anchor our faith in something that was built to last? In the midst of the storms of this world, we need something to hold on to. As Christians, we are called to be different, to be nomads; to live our lives with Jesus at the forefront. What does it look like to live differently, while anchored to a heavenly homeland?

What does it mean to put our hope in Jesus? The world is as tumultuous as ever and we need a North Star. We need something to keep us steady when all around us is uncertainty, fear, and chaos. The Good News is that the King of Creation has entered the very world He created to redeem us and guide the way back to Himself. Jesus is our rock and our firm foundation. He is our Anchor in the storm.

Sometimes it just feels easier to retract. It's easier to stay at home, keep to ourselves, and not press into community. This is not the abundant life that God has for us in Christ. He calls us into community; to bear each other's burdens. He calls us to love well and support each other. He calls us to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. We can do none of this unless we move away from a casual approach to community and begin to live Christian community with fervor and Jesus at the center.

It's easy to approach our Christian lives and choose to sit on the sidelines, choosing to let others do the work of ministry. It's easy to tell ourselves little things like "I don't know enough Scripture to help that person struggling with their mental health" or "That serious stuff is for pastors to do", but Jesus calls us all into a passionate pursuit of Him. He calls us to come be with Him, follow Him and His teachings, and go do the things that He did. This takes us stepping out of a casual commitment to Him and jumping in all the way to a passionate, life pursuit of Jesus and His Way.