Trials, Refined Faith, and Inexpressible Joy (1 Peter 1:6-9)

Key Idea: Trials are God doing what is necessary to pursue what is precious. God will do what is necessary to pursue what is precious. The precious that God wants for us is refined faith. Refined faith leads to inexpressible joy. Joy in knowing and experience the object of your love (v. 8) Joy in […]

Living Hope (1 Peter 1:3-5)

Key Idea: Three realities of God’s care to fuel our living hope: His great mercy establishes our hope (v. 3) His future grace directs our hope (v. 4) The ministry of hope for the Christian: not optimism- minimizing the bad to focusing on the good or potential good not stoicism- enduring suffering without displaying pain […]

Elect Exiles (1 Peter 1:1-2)

Key idea: Understanding our divine identity enables us to endure everything in life, including suffering 1. The Comfort of Our Divine Identity a. Exile b. Elect 2. The Cause of Our Divine Identity a. The Father: a caring relationship b. The Spirit: a consecrated relationship c. The Son: a covenant relationship 3. The Chorus of […]

Family in the Gospel, Family for the Gospel (Romans 12:1-8)

The mission of our youth ministry is to support parents in maturing the youth to be lifelong disciples of Jesus and equipping them for a life of obedience and worship to him. A church family with youth transformed by the Gospel (vv. 1-2) A church family with parents humbled by the Gospel (v. 3) A […]