God wants your marriage to thrive. Peter kindly shares a few simple guidelines for how you can tap into the beauty God intended for you within your marriage.  In fact, there is beauty to be found in all of our human relationships ... My Next Step(s): - I will not judge others, but instead seek to understand their perspective. - I will do my best to respond in grace rather than retaliation. - I will hold my tongue instead of responding in anger. - I will submit to my spouse, out of reverence for Christ. - I will strive for inner beauty, rather than outward appearances. Visit RedeemerbytheSea.org/Online-Worship for more information!

Where do you belong? One of the greatest gifts we have in Christ is our promise of a home in Heaven. Until then, our home is found in the Church! My Next Step(s): - I won’t try to “Grow it alone.” I’ll get connected to a group to study God’s Word. - I will seek to be used for God for a greater purpose than I can do on my own. - I will give God a “stone cold dead” thing in my life, and allow Him to bring it to life. - I will rid my life of all deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander of every kind. - I will welcome everyone I can into the family of God - His Church. Find out more at RedeemerbytheSea.org/Online-Worship

Trials will surely come for us, but take heart. There is victory to be shared! Are you familiar with suffering or difficult days? Peter encourages us to take hold of the hope and power we have because of Jesus. Keep going … Dawn is coming! My Next Step(s): - I will “name my pain” (but keep it in perspective, considering eternity’s glory.) - I will “walk” with Jesus during my trials. I am not alone. - I will “act as though” God’s plan is perfectly unfolding in my life, and praise Him. - I will “take up the slack” on the anchor of my soul to heaven, but serve God now.

Forget self-confidence. Start cultivating God-confidence! In this message, you’ll find three truths to build your confidence in God and stay positive and confident in the promises He’s made to you. My Next Step(s): - I will stop trying to “people please” or “one-up” others. - I will starve my insecurity and feed my confidence in my identity as God’s child. - I will let God be strong when I am weak and insecure. - I will remind myself as often as necessary: “God’s not done with me yet.”

My Next Step(s): ○ I will look for five good things about something the next time I complain about it. ○ I will starve my negativity and feed my faith by getting into God’s Word. ○ I will look at my present sufferings as part of the glory that God will reveal in me. ○ I will give God my negative thoughts, and let His Spirit help me stay positive.    

How do we remain hopeful in a world that seems hopelessly broken? How do we continue to trust a God that seems conspicuously absent? How do we find peace in a world that is spinning out of control? If you've ever asked questions like these, you're not alone. The uncertainty we face today is no different from the uncertainty faced by the men and women of the Bible. And like them, uncertainty can cause us to question God's faithfulness, His presence and His concern. What or whom you are hoping in determines your ability to maintain hope.  Our hope is in God’s love for us.  When life is uncertain, God is not. He’s *still* got the whole world in his hands. My Next Step(s): ○ I will examine the frustrations in my life to determine on what I’ve built my hopes. ○ I will take comfort in knowing that nothing in all creation can separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus. ○ I will place my hope in Christ Jesus my Lord.