Read: John 21:18-24 Study: When Jesus got done asking Peter if he loved him, Jesus tells peter to follow him. What does Peter do? He turns to the “Loved Disciple” and asks why he wasn’t being asked to follow. Like Peter, when we are convicted to do something for the Kingdom of God, we often…

Read: John 21:15-17 Study: If you recall from the earlier verse of John 18 when Jesus was arrested, Peter was asked, on three different occasions, if he was a follower of Christ. Peter denied knowing Christ three times. Here, in john 21, Jesus asks Peter if he loves him three times. This truly show Christ’s…

Read: John 21:4-14 Study: When Peter and disciples were fishing, Jesus appeared to them and gave them advice but they did not recognize him. Jesus speaks to us in many ways but if we are not ready to listen for him, we can miss what he is trying to tell us. This requires intentionality on…

Read: John 21:1-3 Study: After Jesus was crucified and died, Peter went back to what he knew best; Fishing. Peter went back to his comfort zone. How often do we retreat back to our comfort zones when things don’t go the way we plan? For many people, this can feel like being stuck in a…

Read Psalm 47 Study Today, rejoice and know that God is good. As Christ followers, we are expected to do a great many things. Those things can be joyous but they can often be exhausting and difficult. We often forget to stop and remember that we serve a mighty God who has freed the oppressed,…

Read Acts 20:35 Study Jesus never said following him would be easy. In fact, he promised us that it would be hard. His yoke is heavy but he promises to help us. Jesus showed us, through his actions, that we are to serve the weak. Serving the weak requires that we deny ourselves in order…

Read 1 Peter 4:10 Study We are blessed people. Sure, some of us might be struggling with our finances. Some of us might have relationship struggles. Some of us might struggle with an addiction. But we are blessed. God has given us all gifts and graces and has surrounded us with people and opportunities. We…

Read Matthew 25:31-46 Study Being a Christian means serving others. We are more than this because there is more than just ourselves. Jesus shows us that when we serve others we encounter God. Jesus is very blunt. We HAVE to serve those who do not have what we have. It is one of, if not…

Read Matthew 17:1-9 Study When we encounter Christ, often our first reaction is to be afraid. What Christ asks of us can be terrifying. When Peter, James, and John encountered God, they fell to their knees. But Christ tells us to stand and not be afraid. All we must do is listen and trust in…

God created man in His own image. GENESIS 1:27 Why must we be born again? The answer lies in the scriptural account of the creation. We read that the three-one God said, “ ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. …’ So God created man in His own image” (Genesis 1:26–27…