New Mercies

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us back to 1 Peter 5, where Peter calls the church to clothe itself with humility. The younger are called to learn from the wisdom of the elders, and all believers are called to put on the servant-hearted humility of Jesus—the kind of humility that kneels, serves, washes feet, and points every life back to Christ. Peter gives a so...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Ezekiel 34, where God confronts the failed shepherds of Israel and promises that He Himself will come for His sheep. The leaders had fed themselves instead of caring for the flock, but God declares again and again, “I will.” He will search, rescue, gather, feed, heal, strengthen, judge rightly, and restore His people through...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Psalm 23, one of the most beloved passages in all of Scripture. David, the shepherd boy, shows us the care of the greater Shepherd—the One who provides green pastures, leads beside still waters, restores the soul, guides in righteousness, and walks with us even through the valley of the shadow of death. Psalm 23 reminds us th...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to 1 Peter 5, where Peter closes his letter by calling shepherds to lead with humility and the church to live under the mighty hand of God. Peter does not write as someone above the people, but as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and one who knows that glory is coming. Wherever there is suffering with Christ, gl...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Sunday's Sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJqP65d0Wg - (Sermon at 31:00) Today’s reading brings us back to 1 Peter 4 one final time, where Peter reminds us that every believer has received a gift and every gift is meant to serve the body of Christ. Whether we speak or serve, the goal is not attention, applause, or personal fulfillment—the goal i...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s bonus reading takes us to Psalm 66, a psalm full of worship, joy, humility, and holy devotion. It calls all the earth to shout for joy to God, sing the glory of His name, and remember His mighty works. Whether written after a great deliverance or as a song of gathered praise, this psalm reminds us that God is worthy of loud, glad, wholehearted w...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us back to 1 Peter 4, where Peter gives the church a clear framework for faithful living in a suffering world. We are called to wage war on sin, witness to the lost, work for the church, worship in suffering, and watch our testimony. The Christian life is not passive; it is a Spirit-filled, battle-ready life that refuses to let th...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Isaiah 43, where God reminds His people that He is not finished with them. He calls them by name, tells them not to fear, declares them His witnesses, and reveals Himself as the only Lord, Redeemer, King, and Savior. This chapter is not first about who we are—it is about who God is: the One who restores, forgives, redeems, an...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Romans 8, a chapter overflowing with hope, freedom, adoption, and victory. It begins with no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus and ends with the promise that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Because of Jesus, we are no longer bound by the law of sin and death; we are alive by the Spirit, brought into...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to 1 Peter 4, where Peter reminds suffering believers to arm themselves with the mindset of Christ. The Christian life is not casual; it requires heavy armor, self-control, sober-mindedness, and a willingness to suffer in the flesh rather than surrender to sin. If Christ suffered for us, then we can endure faithfully for Him. Pe...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIhAR_i2qcA - Sunday's Message (27:42 Start) Today’s reading brings us to 1 Peter 3 one final time, where Peter calls the church to live with unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, tender hearts, and humility. After teaching submission in public life, work life, and home life, Peter brings believers back to the shared m...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s bonus reading takes us to Proverbs 5, a sobering chapter of wisdom about temptation, faithfulness, and the danger of letting desire silence discernment. Solomon warns his son to stay far from the path of adultery because sin never tells the truth about where it leads. What looks appealing in the moment eventually awakens as regret, shame, and so...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us back to 1 Peter 3, where Peter calls suffering believers to honor Christ the Lord as holy in their hearts. In a world filled with pressure, fear, persecution, and opposition, the answer is not to hide our faith, but to enthrone Jesus above every fear and every enemy. Peter reminds us to always be ready to give a reason for the...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Ephesians 5:21–33, where Paul lifts marriage far beyond human preference and shows us a heavenly picture: Christ and His church. Before Paul speaks to wives and husbands, he calls every believer to submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. The Christian life is a life of humble surrender, mutual honor, and Christlike...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Colossians 3, a deeply personal chapter about putting on the life of Christ. Paul reminds us that Christianity is not just something we believe; it is something we wear. Compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness, and love should mark the people of God so clearly that others can see Jesus in the...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to 1 Peter 3, a chapter full of challenging, beautiful, and deeply practical truth. Peter speaks into marriage, conduct, submission, suffering, and the way believers are called to live with Christlike humility and strength. Whether addressing wives, husbands, or the whole church, the call is the same: let your life display the g...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us to 1 Peter 2 one more time, focusing on this incredible truth: “Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people.” Peter reaches back into the story of Hosea to remind suffering believers that God is the kind of Redeemer who goes after the unfaithful, restores the undeserving, and turns “no mercy” into mercy received. L...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Psalm 118, the final Hallel Psalm—a song of praise tied to worship, festival, Passover, and the steadfast love of the Lord. This psalm begins and ends with the same declaration: “Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.” It is a reminder that God’s mercy has carried His people throug...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us back to 1 Peter 2, where Peter gives a difficult but deeply needed word about authority, submission, and Christian witness. Writing to suffering believers under Nero’s reign, Peter calls the church to live honorably, submit for the Lord’s sake, and do good in such a way that foolish accusations are silenced by faithful conduct....

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Exodus 19, where God brings His people to Mount Sinai and declares why He rescued them: not merely to take them out of Egypt, but to bring them to Himself. Before the law is given, God calls Israel His treasured possession, a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation—language Peter later echoes as he reminds the church who we are...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Romans 12, where Paul shows us what the Christian life should look like personally, within the family of God, and in the world. Because of the mercies of God, we are called to present our bodies as living sacrifices—not becoming less alive when we lay sin down, but becoming more alive in Christ as we worship Him with surrende...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to 1 Peter 2, where Peter moves from the beauty of our salvation into the shape of our spiritual growth. Because we have been born again through the living Word, we are called to put away malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander—anything that does not look like Jesus—and crave the pure spiritual milk of God’s Word like newbo...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us to 1 Peter 1 one final time, where Peter moves from the wonder of our salvation to the conduct of our lives. Because we have been born again to a living hope, because even angels marvel at this salvation, we are called to prepare our minds for action, set our hope fully on Christ, and live as obedient children before our holy F...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading takes us to Psalm 98, a short but thunderous call to worship. In just nine verses, we are reminded that God is strong, merciful, and magnificent. He has not forgotten His steadfast love, He has revealed His salvation, and He is worthy of a song that rises from every corner of creation. Psalm 98 lifts our eyes toward the day when the sea...

https://square.link/u/UHRU92rp - Donate Here Today’s reading brings us back to 1 Peter 1, where Peter reminds suffering believers that their salvation is not held together by their own strength, but by the power and mercy of God. We have been born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and that hope is alive because Jesus is alive. Peter points us beyond survival and into...