We return to our 1 Peter series to take a look at the impact of the Lordship of Christ on our relationships and our actions in the community.  We are still in the section of the letter that prioritizes living “properly among unbelieving neighbors.”  The key to that challenge is found in 3:15 which addresses “setting Christ apart in our hearts.”  The more Jesus is elevated to His rightful position in our heart, the more capable we are to interact with each other and our world.

Lead Pastor - Chuck Angel

Are you sure you are where you need to be in your relationship with Jesus? We don’t have to turn to addictions and sin for comfort. We have Christ, and that brings Joy to our lives knowing that we have a home in heaven. But we need to turn and pray for lost people who don’t have that Joy and Peace of assurance of everlasting life with Jesus.

Guest Speaker - Scott Camp

1 Peter 3:1-7 presses into some issues relating to marriage. Peter is aware that the external pressures felt by these immigrant Jewish Christians would add stress to their marriages. And he considered how Christians navigated marriage to be part of his caution to live honorably in front of unbelieving neighbors (2:12) – the world is watching. With the extra pressures that are inescapable in life, couples can easily turn away from one another and abandon their responsibilities to each other. That plays right into the hand of the devil who is working to steal their marriage and wreck their witness. We want to draw upon the Lord and faithfully adhere to the unique responsibilities that are set to husbands and wives. Let God redeem and renew couples.

Lead Pastor - Chuck Angel

The Wild, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the church. It’s lifelong mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before to build God’s kingdom.  Using 1 Peter, Chapter 2 as our guide we find that we need to be packing for a mission trip, not a vacation as we walk on the wild side to share Christ with the world.

Guest Speaker - Ralph Emerson

We’ve all heard the cliché: bloom where you’re planted. There is truth in the fact that we will never have a perfect situation…at least for long. Difficulty, at some point, will show up. And in those places and at those moments, God has grace for where you are. A word to speak over you, and a word given to you that will allow you to best your situation.

Lead Pastor - Chuck Angel

The wrap up message in our Under Construction series will focus on this aspect of faith: Believe through Something. We have to build our faith by continuing to believe God as we go through some of life’s hard turns.  This represents some of the grind of faith. It’s keep moving forward through difficult seasons is one of the most amazing expressions of faith. God works by using what we go through to create some of our greatest growth.  I’m captivated by the way Peter describes this fact: “what you are experiencing is truly part of God’s grace for you. Stand firm in this grace.” (1 Peter 5:12).

Lead Pastor - Chuck Angel

Week 3 in our Under Construction study brings us to the challenge of building our faith by asking in faith for God to do bold specific things.  We are going to learn to believe FOR something. Matthew 17 includes a rare look at a side of Jesus’ humanity we don’t think about…experiencing – frustration. The disciples’ revealed a fault in their faith, they had “little faith” or more specifically “poor faith.”  What made it poor and frustrating to Jesus was its lack of complete reliance on Him.  As we learn to ask in faith, we’ll unearth some important rhythms to direct our full reliance on Jesus as we believe for bold and specific things.

Lead Pastor - Chuck Angel

This message will center on building our faith to believe on Jesus – is Jesus the only way of salvation? While there are some aspects of truth and select beauty found in some rituals of the world’s religions, Paul rightly concluded, “they have enthusiasm for God but it is misdirected zeal” (Romans 10:2).  Jesus made it very clear in John 14:6 that He is the only way to the Father. Our aiming point is to be humbled and compassionate – joining Jesus in a mission to reach the utter lostness of our world and putting our continuing trust on Him as Lord.

Lead Pastor - Chuck Angel

Lead Pastor - Chuck Angel - Luke 6:46-49