Peach Valley Church

God’s blessing is deeper than getting what we want or avoiding hardship; it is living under the attentive favor of God and trusting Him even when doing what is right is costly. In 1 Peter 3:8–17, we see what the blessed life looks like, how to position our lives to experience more of God’s blessing, and how to share that blessing with others.

What does God’s design for marriage look like in everyday life? Through 1 Peter 3:1–7, we explore how husbands and wives honor Christ through respect, understanding, and sacrificial service. With different roles and equal worth, both are called to cultivate hearts and actions that point others to Jesus.Zach Woolever + Tonya Jones

How do you respond when you’re treated unfairly and tempted to get even? In 1 Peter 2:18–25, we see that Jesus is both our example of faithful suffering and our Savior who enables us to keep doing what is right.

Christian freedom doesn’t mean no one gets to tell us what to do; it means sin, culture, and other people no longer own us because we belong to God. In 1 Peter 2:13-17, Peter shows how that freedom transforms the way we respond to authority, love the church, honor everyone, and point a watching world toward Jesus.

Peter shows that God raises us up to new life, builds us together as His people with Jesus as the cornerstone, and sends us out with a new purpose. Because we belong to Christ, our lives should both display His goodness through the way we live and declare His goodness by telling others what He has done.Chandler Hash

Peter reminds us that becoming part of God’s family isn’t about earning His love, but responding to the grace we’ve already received through Jesus. Because we belong to Him, our lives should increasingly bear the family resemblance as we pursue holiness and love one another wholeheartedly.

Peter reminds struggling Christians that even when life feels uncertain, their hope is secure because God has chosen them, guards their faith, and promises them an eternal inheritance.

Jesus came to seek and save the lost, and He has given His followers the mission of helping bring others to Him. Who is the one person God has placed in your life that you can intentionally pray for, care for, share the gospel with, and invite to take one step closer to Jesus?

Psalm 33 reminds us that God is worthy of joyful, passionate worship because He is dependable, powerful, and attentive to His people. Even when we do not feel like worshiping, choosing to declare what is true about God can recenter our hope and lead our hearts back to joy.

The guilt of our sin can leave us overwhelmed, but Psalm 130 reminds us that God meets desperate people with abundant forgiveness and steadfast love. Because of the redemption found in Jesus, we can wait with hope and find our deepest delight in the God whose grace is greater than our guilt.
 
Matthew Compton