Anchored
Unshakable Faith
Part 10: Living Humbly
November 22, 2020 • Sean Thompson
Humility is a highly touted virtue that is impossible to walk out in our own ability. It's often confused with self deprecation, but true humility isn't about thinking less of ourselves. True humility is about the willingness to submit to authorities placed over us and to ultimately submit to the will of God, trusting in His goodness and faithfulness when we don't understand the moment. It demands that we look to God and anchor to His strength to empower us to trust and to see us through to the other side.
Part 9: Living Accountably
November 15, 2020 • Ryan Oddo
It's always helpful to know what's expected of us. Whether in it's in our personal or private lives, clearly stated expectations are critical to healthy relationships. The same is true as we cultivate our relationship with God. Fortunately, He has made His expectations clear. Pastor Ryan goes through 1 Peter 4 and looks at what it means to be Christians, living lives that are accountable to Jesus Christ and understanding what it is that God expects from us despite a world that rejects Him and His ways.
Part 7: Living Blessing
November 1, 2020 • Ryan Oddo
What does it mean to be blessed to be a blessing? What does it look like to bless those who curse you? It's easy to get caught into the dog-eat-dog world we live in or to allow bitterness to control our speech. Jesus calls and empowers us to a different life though. Pastor Ryan looks at what it means to have a lifestyle of blessing in part 7 of our series through the book of 1 Peter.
Part 6: Living Witness
October 25, 2020 • Ryan Oddo
How do I live in a way that wins people to Christ? Too often we live compartmentalized Christianity. We worship and pursue Jesus passionately in our church circles, but our home lives and work lives don't reflect His Spirit at work in and through us. Being a living witness means following Jesus with our entire being, in every sector of our lives. Pastor Ryan continues our series through the book of 1 Peter with a look at how a culture of honor can help us reflect the light of Christ to a lost and dying world.
Part 5: Living Water
October 18, 2020 • Mike Foell
There are a lot of things in life that are drains on our energy. Be it physical, emotional, or spiritual there are things that suck the life out of us. There are however, also things that are life giving. Jesus said that if anyone comes to Him then He would give them Living Water. Peter frames out a few of those life-giving sources of Living Water for us here in chapter 2 as we continue our series Anchored through the book of 1 Peter.
Part 4: Living Holy
October 11, 2020 • Ryan Oddo
What does it mean to be holy? What does it look like for the Church to live lives that make people take notice and that points those people to Jesus? Pastor Ryan looks at the things that motivate us as followers of Jesus to live distinct and holy lives as he continues in our study through 1 Peter.
Part 3: Living Hope
October 4, 2020 • Ryan Oddo
What is your hope tied to? If the thing we tie our hope to is moveable, shakeable, changeable then it will be tossed about and crushed by every wave of the storm of this world. If, on the other hand, our hope is tied to an immoveable, unshakeable, and unchanging anchor then our hope will stand. A living hope must be tied to the Person of Jesus Christ and His work through death on a Roman cross and a resurrection Life three days later. Jesus Christ is the One who stands firm for us in the midst of the storm and provides us with solid footing to embrace life's challenges, to meet the testing of our faith, and to come out the other side refined, with a faith more precious than gold.
Part 2: Living Nomadically
September 27, 2020 • Ryan Oddo
Jesus will never be dethroned. What does it mean to anchor our faith in something that was built to last? In the midst of the storms of this world, we need something to hold on to. As Christians, we are called to be different, to be nomads; to live our lives with Jesus at the forefront. What does it look like to live differently, while anchored to a heavenly homeland?
Part 1: Prepared For The Storm
September 20, 2020 • Ryan Oddo
What does it mean to put our hope in Jesus? The world is as tumultuous as ever and we need a North Star. We need something to keep us steady when all around us is uncertainty, fear, and chaos. The Good News is that the King of Creation has entered the very world He created to redeem us and guide the way back to Himself. Jesus is our rock and our firm foundation. He is our Anchor in the storm.