During the first Christmas season (before it got it's name), God revealed to Mary the truth about the baby she would one day deliver and how he would one day deliver her. It is the greatest reveal in history and we are still celebrating it today.(Luke 1:26-38)

Be humble and cast your anxieties on God because He cares for you. Be vigilant because you have an enemy that wants to destroy you. God will help you do this. Stand strong for the name of Jesus by the grace of God. (1 Peter 5:6-14)

When persecution comes to the church, it usually comes first to its leaders. Peter challenges elders to remember the role and character of their leadership so that the church might stand strong. (1 Peter 5:1-5)

Trials and suffering are unwelcome parts of everyone's life. Most of us do all we can to avoid these visitors. However God has planned these parts of our lives to not only transform us into the image of Christ but to bring Him glory. (1 Peter 4:12-19)

The result of our faith in the sacrifice of Christ on the cross is we have our identity in Him. This identity gives us the hope of eternal life but also carries responsibility to live like Christ rather than our own selfishness like the world. (1 Peter 4:1 -11)

We are called to suffer well under trials of faith. Thankfully we follow a Savior that leads by example. Christ suffered to the utmost for doing good, therefore we have the ultimate example to suffer well. (1 Peter 3:18-22)

We must be prepared to suffer and prepared to respond so that others might come to faith in Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 3:13-17)

Peter encourages every believer in the Church to live with a submissive spirit in our relationships and he gives six characteristics that Jesus both taught and modeled. When these are visible we declare that we are sons and daughters of the Most High. (1 Peter 3:8-12)

Peter challenges Christians to do marriage God's way instead of what our cultures says we should do. God wants husbands and wives to play their position for the sake of order and the testimony of Christ. (1 Peter 3:1-7)

When we work in submission to our marketplace masters even if they are unjust, hard to work for, treat us badly or just plain jerks we are following the example of our Lord Jesus and giving a testimony of the reality of Christ in our life. (1 Peter 2:18-25)