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Andy Fletcher | Redeemer Modesto | Psalm 139

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Psalm 37 | Redeemer Modesto DISCOVER new ways to trust in God this week. Meditate on this Psalm and ask Him to reveal new ways to put your hope and trust in Him, building your faith. GROW in your faith by finding ways you can experience joy in the blessings God has provided you this week. LIVE on mission by affirming your calling that God has given you by seeking and cultivating the gifts He's given you.

Psalm 92

Key Thought: Process your emotions with your face toward God

Easter Service - 4.4.21

The elders share the vision for Redeemer and what had transpired in the past year.

Discussion Question 1: What does continuous seasons of suffering lead to? Discussion question 2: Which of Peter’s strategies for dealing with self-pity during suffering could you try this week: Pray earnestly, love deeply, show hospitality, discover/use your gift? Discussion Question 3: Where do find the strength to live out this strategy in continuous seasons of suffering? 2/6/2021 1 Peter 4:7-11 Living without Self Pity As we travel through 1 Peter, we have seen that he is talking about suffering, more suffering, and suffering again. It’s like he cannot stop talking to the church about suffering. The context of the book is a letter to a church that is enduring much suffering. The Emperor Nero is in power over the Roman Empire, and he has used the Christians as scapegoats for his campaign – a sort of common enemy for the people to unite over. As the Christians are being killed, driven from the homes, as their businesses and way of life is being destroyed, Peter says to them “God is at work - resp

1/31/2021 Human Passions 1 Peter 4:1-6 Key Thought: If you are willing to suffer like Jesus, you will find great freedom to do the will of God. In the 1950’s there was a preacher named David Wilkerson who went to preach the gospel in a gang controlled neighborhood in New York. It’s a famous story in which one of the gang leaders, Nicky Cruz, tells Wilkerson “You come near me and I’ll kill you”. Wilkerson’s response was “yeah, you could do that. You could cut me into a thousand pieces and lay them in the street, and every piece will still love you.” What Wilkerson is revealing here is that because he is willing to suffer, he has taken away any and all power that Nicky Cruz has over him. Wilkerson looks at this gang leader pointing a switch-blade in his direction and is able to speak love into his life because he has already thought through the possible scenarios of being stabbed or killed. Fortunately the story has an amazing ending. When Nicky Cruz realizes that his threats had no power over Wilker

1 Peter 3:13-22 Good Fear 1/24/2021 Having wrong expectations is a recipe for disaster. If you go into a relationship thinking that this person is perfect and they will never disappoint you in any way…prepare for disaster. If you think money will fix all your problems…prepare for disaster. In the same way, having wrong expectations of your relationship with God is a recipe for disaster. Many people expect that with greater obedience that life will get easier, more restful. They think that if I just obey more, seek God more, and follow Jesus better, then my life will have less difficulty and struggle. If this is what you expect out of Christianity, then this is a recipe for disaster, because God has something very different in mind. Sometimes God ‘t’s up the ball’ for us in a different way so that we can bring him glory. Sometimes he lets us endure heartache after heartache all for the purpose of setting us up so that an epic story can told about his work of redemption. Discussion Questions: Have yo

1/17/2021 1 Peter 3:8-12 The Good Life Have you ever baked something and left out a certain ingredient? When I was in high school I worked for Taco Bell. Those were the days of brown pants and orange shirts – I wish I had kept that uniform. On one occasion I was in charge of making the beans – at that point it wasn’t a reheat situation, but rather one of putting beans, water, salt and other things into a huge pressure cooker. This particular time I put in all the ingredients except for the water. After about an hour, I had a huge pot of smoking beans…it was a sad day at Taco Bell. When you are baking, are all the ingredients important? Are some ingredients more important that others? What can you leave out and still enjoy the taste of what you are making? We are in one of those sections today in which Peter is going to give us a list of ingredients to wrap up this section on submission…but it is not a list in we get to pick and choose a few things that we like, but rather if the recipe is going