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If you had a week to live, how would that change the way you live? If you knew the end was near, how…

If you had a week to live, how would that change the way you live? If you knew the end was near, how would you live? Peter tells us as we have a future promise and a present purpose in 1 Peter 4:7-11.

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In order for us to live godly lives for the glory of God, we must prepare our minds. In other words,…

In order for us to live godly lives for the glory of God, we must prepare our minds. In other words, to live right, we need to think right, and to think right, we need to fill our minds with God’s Word to guide our lives, which continues our study of 1 Peter with a look at chapter four, verses one to six.

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Apologies for the aspect ratio being off, but we continue our series from 1 Peter with a few…

Apologies for the aspect ratio being off, but we continue our series from 1 Peter with a few hard-to-understand verses that give way to one of the most beautiful descriptions of the Good News you’ll ever see!

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It’s one thing to suffer and face difficulty when we do dumb things, or even evil things, but what…

It’s one thing to suffer and face difficulty when we do dumb things, or even evil things, but what about if we suffer whilst doing good, living righteously? What does God’s Word say about that? Let’s find out in 1 Peter 3:13-17.

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As we come to 1 Peter 3:8-12, Peter takes our eyes from our relationships with those outside of the…

As we come to 1 Peter 3:8-12, Peter takes our eyes from our relationships with those outside of the walls of our church to those within as he calls us to love one another. You don’t wanna miss this one!

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Technical difficulties lost the first few minutes of today’s sermon, but we salvaged the main…

Technical difficulties lost the first few minutes of today’s sermon, but we salvaged the main content after the reading of the text (1 Peter 3:1-7) and the sharing of the Big Idea, “Whether the world says it’s right or not, we are to model our marriages by the Bible’s blueprint as coheirs of God’s amazing grace.”

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For a couple of weeks we have had some hard-hitting texts about submission and there a more hard…

For a couple of weeks we have had some hard-hitting texts about submission and there a more hard texts to come, but in our text today, we have the why behind it all: Jesus Christ, and the model He sets for us as a suffering servant.

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This text may be about slaves and masters, but the model it sets has application for all people,…

This text may be about slaves and masters, but the model it sets has application for all people, especially people in the workforce. It’s a tough text, but it’s good and timely for all of us.

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We’re called, as God’s chosen people, royal priesthood, and holy nation to live differently in an…

We’re called, as God’s chosen people, royal priesthood, and holy nation to live differently in an unholy nation, for God’s sake and for His glory.

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Having a Bible is great, reading the Bible is great, hearing the Bible preached is great, actually…

Having a Bible is great, reading the Bible is great, hearing the Bible preached is great, actually LISTENING to it is greater, but we must take one more step in actually APPLYING it to our lives, which we’ll see from James 1:22-25.

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