Episodes

Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Ep. 157 - Delight: Are you doubting God? Psalm13
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
I'm Doubting: Do you want the Lord to move faster in your life? Are you asking How Long? Are you doubting God?
How to overcome the doubt...
- Prayer
- God's Word
- Community
Gospel Response:
- In what areas of your life are you doubting God and His goodness?
- When you find yourself doubting, are you moving towards God or further away from Him?
- Think back to a time when God was faithful and came through for you.
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 13
Pastor Bill - Family Pastor

Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
I'm Lonely: Being alone is not the enemy, but being unable to escape being alone is the enemy. God conquers loneliness through His presence and His people. Are you seeking a biblical community? Are you seeking God's presence and voice? Do you need a biblical community?
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God's Presence Brings Joy.
Physical Presence isn't a Biblical Community.
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In God's Presence, there is Joy.
How Happy is the one who avoids the wisdom of wicked people?
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Gospel Response:
- Give Thanks for His Presence.
- Enjoy His Presence.
- Surround Yourself with Biblical Community.
One Another Passages: Mark 9:50, John 6:43, Romans 12:6, 15:5 and 7, 1 Corinthians 11:33, Galatians 5:15, Galatians 5:26, Ephesians 4:2, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:15, James 4:11, James 5:9, James 5:16
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 16:11
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
I'm Lost: Do you have security in what God wants in your life? Give God control, follow His revealed plan, seek His answers. When there is something in front of you, where are you going?
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First, He is all we have (1-4)
Second, He holds our future. (5-6)
Third, He is our counselor. (7-8)
Fourth, He's counsel is our joy. (9-11)
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Minimize Worldly Voices
Maximize Bible Consumption
Pray for faithfulness AND answers
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Gospel Response:
- Give Control to God.
- Trust God's Unrevealed Plan.
- Be Faithful with God's Revealed Plan.
- Seek God's Specific Plan.
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 16
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
I'm Physically Hurting: How can I live a faithful life in the midst of chronic pain? My sin, your sin, and the evil around us causes pain, but our God isn't distant.
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Recognize God's Strength (v.1-2)
Recognize Our Weakness (v.3-17)
Recognize Our Savior (v.18)
Recognize Our Enemies (v.19-20)
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Condemning Anger - Righteous Anger
Jealousy - Celebration
Pity - Compassion
Cursing - Praising
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Gospel Response:
- Discuss Goals with a Spiritual Leader
- Discuss Goals with a Physician
- Memorize Three Promises Concerning Your Health Journey
- Joni and Friends Daily Devotional
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 38
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Biblical lamenting is the process of turning your frustrations towards the world or towards God into faith in God. Share with God, Give it over to God - Sharing is different than giving!
Lament Psalms: Psalm 109, 94, 22, 102, 44, 69, 27
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Pray the Psalms with One Another Memorize the Psalms Sing the Psalms
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We have the freedom to ask why, but we should not answer why with an attack on God's character.
Gospel Response: What are you suffering with in this life that you have not lamented over to the Lord?
- Write out a lament.
- Delight in what and Who is Good.
🌟 𝓓𝓔ℒ𝓘𝓖ℋ𝑇 🌟
Psalm 42–43
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
New People Lead and Serve Different: Because of our salvation, we lead and serve different. The Elders are to bring wisdom to the younger, and the younger are to listen for wisdom and instruction. Do what is good as we wait for what is good.
- How we are to lead and follow in suffering.
- How we are to act and think in suffering.
- Our hope in suffering.
Gospel Response:
- Inventory your leadership status.
- Inventory the enemy's attacks against you.
- Encouragement for the suffering.
⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪
1 Peter 5:1–14
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
Tuesday Jun 06, 2023
New People Live Different: As we follow Christ, we follow Him into suffering and rejoice with Him in our suffering. God is trustworthy and we should entrust our lives and our actions to Him even if it causes suffering.
Gospel Response:
- Trust God
- Entrust to God
- Encourage Others
⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪
1 Peter 4:12–19
Guest - Nick Cappadora

Wednesday May 31, 2023
Ep. 150 - Chosen Exiles: Live and Love in light of Heaven. 1 Peter 3:8–4:11
Wednesday May 31, 2023
Wednesday May 31, 2023
New People Overcome Suffering: Because of salvation, and our hope in Jesus, we can view suffering in this life differently. Live and Love in light of Heaven.
Meant to Them:
- A Challenge to Love Enemies.
- Christ's Example of Loving Enemies.
- In Suffering, Don't Do Evil.
- In Suffering, Do Good.
Means to Us:
In a group:
- Share the Situation
- Ask for a Reality Check
- Ask for Encouragement
- Ask for Next Steps
Solo:
- Give thanks for the good.
- Pray for the bad.
- Praise for God's presence in both.
- Humble yourself to God's plan.
- Rise up to God's plan.
The opposite is good perspective:
- Suppress the good. Curse God for the bad.
- Doubt God's presence in both.
- Pride yourself in your plans.
- Deny God's plans.
Gospel Response:
- Stubbed Toe Christianity.
- Practice Individual and Group Training for Suffering.
- Submit to God's Plan.
- Rely on God's Gift, God's Strength, and God's Word.
⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪
1 Peter 3:8–4:11
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Wednesday May 24, 2023
Ep. 149 - Chosen Exiles: Do Good and Suffer for Doing Good. 1 Peter 2:13 - 3:7
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
New People with a New Identity: The way to bring glory to God is going to be fleshed out in the structures of culture and family life. It's important to let our salvation be fleshed out into every area of life. Do Good and Suffer for Doing Good.
Meant to Them:
- Strangers and Exiles who are citizens of Rome.
- Strangers and Exiles who are slaves.
- Strangers and Exiles who are wives.
- Strangers and Exiles who are husbands.
Means to Us:
- S&E who are Citizens of Rome
- Fight evil by doing good.
- S&E who are Household Slaves
- S&E who are Wives
- That God created women in His image and they have value in who they are and what they do.
- S&E who are Husbands - The point of the passage is not the fact that a woman is weaker, but rather how a husband treats his wife in any way that she is weaker.
Gospel Response:
- Do good.
- Push back against oppression locally and globally.
- What would Peter write to you and your family?
⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪
1 Peter 2:13 - 3:7
Pastor Matt - Lead Pastor

Wednesday May 17, 2023
Ep. 148 - Chosen Exiles: Can you define what you are and whose you are? 1 Peter 2:11-12
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
New People with a New Battle: Because of salvation, the new people are going to bring glory to God. This passage is a call to live with good works that draw people to God and glorify God in the end times. Can you define what you are and whose you are?
Gospel Response:
- Define Who You Are.
- Strangers/Exiles.
- Conduct Yourself Honorably.
⛪ 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗 𝙴𝚡𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 ⛪
1 Peter 2:11-12
Guest Speakers - Brandon Johnson and Miles Taylor