[Sunday] Peter - Ordinary Sinners
Action Item:
This week look for the way God is working through your weakness to bring goodness to the creation.
Questions for the Week
Senses can bring back memories. Describe a time when smells or other senses brought back vivid memories in your life.
Read John 21:9-14. What do you think this scene smelled like? What memories might this bring back for Peter (See John 18:17-18)?
Read John 21:15-19. What does Jesus do for Peter? What does Jesus do for other ordinary sinners today?
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Guys night photos and Big Thinks to those who started Tons of Fun.
In our study of Amos, we explored God's judgment against nations for their social injustices and lack of compassion, revealing the timeless warning against seeking security in worldly power ("becoming Babylon") and the call to find our true identity in God's kingdom rather than in tribalism.
The angel’s specific message to tell the disciples and Peter reveals that Jesus is the Lord who refuses to let your failures cancel His promises.
We launched our study of Amos with an overview, read the book aloud, and discussed true worship expressed through justice and righteousness, Israel’s hypocrisy and idolatry, God’s judgment, and hope of restoration.
The Creed reveals a God who made His love real by becoming human to be with us in our greatest sorrows and our loudest joys.
Earlier this year, we received an urgent request for food aid in Haiti. Thanks to your support, we provided the funds to buy rice, oil, and other essentials.
The Holy Spirit uses ordinary community to do what "reason and strength" never could.