After going through Peter’s letter, we see his description of God’s grace that is unique.  Not only what that grace is, but in our role as stewards of God’s grace.  In we are told to be faithful stewards of God’s grace because each of our own gifts are conduits of grace in every situation we […]

We come upon the conclusion of Peter’s letter today.  Unlike Paul’s letters, Peter will finish quickly.  As we finish up this letter, the two elements that come into play as a positive response to the suffering that he has talked about is God’s grace and our faith.  That they work in concert where we can […]

Sometimes we have to regroup ourselves to reconnect with God’s purpose.  That we humble ourselves to God.  If we don’t, we allow ourselves or the world to start to define humility and our disobedience will begin to grow.  Humility means an absence of pride.  We aren’t to say that we know better than God, that […]

As we move into today, we look at the people who Peter is addressing in this letter.  And then and now, people are evaluating how we are going to be grounded in Jesus but still be involved in culture.  Peter will speak directly to the elders, and will begin to address some of the questions […]

As we move deeper into 1 Peter, we see where Peter reminds his readers multiple times that events might happen in a way that we don’t want them to happen.  He emphasizes that we then have to focus on being intentional in our though processes.  How are we to be grounded?  How should we focus our […]

As we have read through 1 Peter, we reached where we looked at the three areas that define us: someone who prays, .  And the history of the world is pointing towards God’s purpose and plan completion. We are going to take a look at two words in this verse that relate to prayer.  To be […]

This morning we are going to review where we have covered through 1 Peter.  We will then get a running start into . Throughout what we have covered, we see how God is changing and forming his people.  That he is preparing us to be in the world, but the world will with be foreign. […]

Up to this point we have discussed the various principles that are timeless.  They were relevant 2000 year ago just as the do now.  As we move into , we know that the people that Peter is speaking to did have a high level of persecution.  They were probably asking questions of why they were […]

When we think about how to remember something, what comes to our minds?  Tie a string around a finger?  Maybe using mnemonic?   When Jesus was talking with his disciples in the last supper, as he took them through the first communion, he emphasized for them to remember. Paul revisits the night of the last […]