I'm Anxious: Anxiety is a world of What Ifs and God is the truth of What IS! How to use God's Word to minister to those who are struggling with anxiety and who have slipped from Godly concern and fear to unhealthy sinful concern and fear. Sinful anxiety fears faith things and doubts real things.

Gospel Response:

- In what areas of your life are you doubting God and His goodness?

- When you find yourself doubting, are you moving towards God or further away from Him?

- Think back to a time when God was faithful and came through for you.

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Psalm 121

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

I'm Doubting: Do you want the Lord to move faster in your life? Are you asking How Long? Are you doubting God?

How to overcome the doubt...

- Prayer

- God's Word

- Community

Gospel Response:

- In what areas of your life are you doubting God and His goodness?

- When you find yourself doubting, are you moving towards God or further away from Him?

- Think back to a time when God was faithful and came through for you.

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Psalm 13

Pastor Bill - Family Pastor

I'm Lonely: Being alone is not the enemy, but being unable to escape being alone is the enemy. God conquers loneliness through His presence and His people. Are you seeking a biblical community? Are you seeking God's presence and voice? Do you need a biblical community?

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God's Presence Brings Joy.

Physical Presence isn't a Biblical Community.

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In God's Presence, there is Joy.

How Happy is the one who avoids the wisdom of wicked people?

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Gospel Response:

- Give Thanks for His Presence.

- Enjoy His Presence.

- Surround Yourself with Biblical Community.

One Another Passages: Mark 9:50, John 6:43, Romans 12:6, 15:5 and 7, 1 Corinthians 11:33, Galatians 5:15, Galatians 5:26, Ephesians 4:2, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, James 4:11, James 5:9, James 5:16

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Psalm 16:11

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

I'm Lost: Do you have security in what God wants in your life? Give God control, follow His revealed plan, seek His answers. When there is something in front of you, where are you going?

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First, He is all we have (1-4)

Second, He holds our future. (5-6)

Third, He is our counselor. (7-8)

Fourth, He's counsel is our joy. (9-11)

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Minimize Worldly Voices

Maximize Bible Consumption

Pray for faithfulness AND answers

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Gospel Response:

- Give Control to God.

- Trust God's Unrevealed Plan.

- Be Faithful with God's Revealed Plan.

- Seek God's Specific Plan.

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Psalm 16

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

I'm Physically Hurting: How can I live a faithful life in the midst of chronic pain? My sin, your sin, and the evil around us causes pain, but our God isn't distant.

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Recognize God's Strength (v.1-2)

Recognize Our Weakness (v.3-17)

Recognize Our Savior (v.18)

Recognize Our Enemies (v.19-20)

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Condemning Anger - Righteous Anger

Jealousy - Celebration

Pity - Compassion

Cursing - Praising

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Gospel Response:

- Discuss Goals with a Spiritual Leader

- Discuss Goals with a Physician

- Memorize Three Promises Concerning Your Health Journey

- Joni and Friends Daily Devotional

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Psalm 38

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Biblical lamenting is the process of turning your frustrations towards the world or towards God into faith in God. Share with God, Give it over to God - Sharing is different than giving!

Lament Psalms: Psalm 109, 94, 22, 102, 44, 69, 27

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Pray the Psalms with One Another Memorize the Psalms Sing the Psalms

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We have the freedom to ask why, but we should not answer why with an attack on God's character.

Gospel Response: What are you suffering with in this life that you have not lamented over to the Lord?

- Write out a lament.

- Delight in what and Who is Good.

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Psalm 42–43

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

New People Lead and Serve Different: Because of our salvation, we lead and serve different. The Elders are to bring wisdom to the younger, and the younger are to listen for wisdom and instruction. Do what is good as we wait for what is good.

- How we are to lead and follow in suffering.

- How we are to act and think in suffering.

- Our hope in suffering.

Gospel Response:

- Inventory your leadership status.

- Inventory the enemy's attacks against you.

- Encouragement for the suffering.

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1 Peter 5:1–14

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

New People Live Different: As we follow Christ, we follow Him into suffering and rejoice with Him in our suffering. God is trustworthy and we should entrust our lives and our actions to Him even if it causes suffering.

Gospel Response:

- Trust God

- Entrust to God

- Encourage Others

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1 Peter 4:12–19

Guest - Nick Cappadora

New People Overcome Suffering: Because of salvation, and our hope in Jesus, we can view suffering in this life differently. Live and Love in light of Heaven. 

Meant to Them:

• A Challenge to Love Enemies.

Means to Us:

In a group:

• Share the Situation

Solo:

• Give thanks for the good.

The opposite is good perspective:

• Suppress the good. Curse God for the bad.

Gospel Response:

• Stubbed Toe Christianity.

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1 Peter 3:8–4:11

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

New People with a New Identity: The way to bring glory to God is going to be fleshed out in the structures of culture and family life. It's important to let our salvation be fleshed out into every area of life. Do Good and Suffer for Doing Good.

Meant to Them:

- Strangers and Exiles who are citizens of Rome.

- Strangers and Exiles who are slaves.

- Strangers and Exiles who are wives.

- Strangers and Exiles who are husbands.

Means to Us:

- S&E who are Citizens of Rome

- Fight evil by doing good.

- S&E who are Household Slaves

- S&E who are Wives

- That God created women in His image and they have value in who they are and what they do.

- S&E who are Husbands - The point of the passage is not the fact that a woman is weaker, but rather how a husband treats his wife in any way that she is weaker.

Gospel Response:

- Do good.

- Push back against oppression locally and globally.

- What would Peter write to you and your family?

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1 Peter 2:13 - 3:7

Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor