Pastor Gary Faith Baptist Church

1 Peter 5:5-7 What does it mean to be clothed in humility? Why is God against the proud? How can we have more grace? These verse offer tremendous practical steps toward a more prosperous life, because God offer to us grace to help us in all of our problems. There is a chose, cast all our burdens on God or bear them ourselves. 

1 Peter 5:1-4 What are the duties of a church leader? You may call him pastor, reverend, elder or father, but Peter reveals how church leaders are to perform their duties. They are to live out the gospel and shepherd the flock. Pastor relates some of his experiences and challenges all of us to be shepherds, not leaders. 

Revelation 6:12-17 We can reject all earthly kings and ruler, but there is one king that we must bow down to if we want to have eternal life and that is Jesus. Our problems today stem from the fact that we bow down to the wrong king, Jesus is the King of King and Lord of Lord's. 

1 Peter 4:12-19 Even though we can go through trials for being a Christians, we can rejoice in God's purpose for the trials because God is faithful. 4:19 Instructs us that we can trust him, commit our souls to Him because He is a faithful creator. 

1 Peter 4:10,11 - Each Christian has been given a spiritual gift to use to serve others. People ask if they can be a good Christian and not to to church, but a better question is do you want to deprive the church of it's gifts because you do not want to use it in the body? We are accountable to God to use our gift for the body for the glory of God. 

Did you know that hospitality is a spiritual discipline and not just an optional service? Peter tells us that we are to show or demonstrate hospitality one to another without complaining.  In a world were people are beaten down and abused, our reaching out to them in tangible physical ways can make a life changing difference. 

Jeremiah 36 - Why was Charlie Kirk assassinated and what can we do about it? The times we live in have not changed. When you speak the truth to people, there is always a danger of those who hate the truth to react. Jeremiah was commanded to write God's words to the king. However the king did not appreciate those words and burned the scroll that Jeremiah wrote in the fire.  Charlie Kirk enters into the faith hall of all the martyrs before him, only that we witnessed it live and on social media. 

1 Peter 4:8 This one verse could change your relationships with other people. Peter went from a very proud person to a man who uses love to cover other peoples faults instead of pointing them out. We are quick to point out the mistakes of others and hold grudges, but God says we should love other people and instead of being hurt by their faults, love them with the love of God.  

1 Peter 4:7 Peter forgot to pray with Jesus when he was going through His most difficult trial. Now he is encouraging us not to make the same mistake but to watch and pray. Unfortunately most of us are like young Peter, instead of praying we are sleeping. Let's pray and not surrender to the flesh and give up on the power of prayer. 

1 Peter 4:1-7  Just as Jesus fought the flesh in order to have the victory over sin, we are to have the same mindset. That is why we should never surrender because we have the victory in Jesus. Time is short and with t he time left we should be doing the will of God and not following the ways of the world.