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1 Peter 1:6 – 9 | The Trials of this Life

January 23, 2021 / joemarino

What is the biggest trial you’ve faced recently? What is the hardest thing you’ve walked through? There are a variety of trials and hardships in this life. We all experience things like the ongoing struggle with patterns of sin, the brokenness of relationships, the loss of loved ones to fatal illnesses and the day-to-day difficulty of making ends meet in a broken world.

1 Peter 1:3 – 5 | Homesick

January 17, 2021 / joemarino

How many times a day do you find yourself longing for something better; wishing that things would go back to the way they used be or wishing that your lot in life would change for the better? There’s a myriad of ways this kind of thing shows up in our lives.

1 Peter 1:1 – 2 | Chosen, Outsider, Scattered

January 10, 2021 / joemarino

When you think about the words that you use to describe yourself, what words come to mind? Recently I woke up to a message on my phone from a friend in Australia who referred to me as: Warrior Son of the Most-High God, Legend and Champion of Champions. I’m not going to lie, the words he used to describe me were shocking and I honestly felt really uncomfortable.

Colossians 1:19 – 23 | Jesus Reigns Supreme Part III

December 27, 2020 / joemarino

What is broken in you that you long to have fixed? Here we are, on the backside of the Christmas holiday. For most of us, the family get-togethers have happened or are still in the process of happening. The meals have been had. The gifts have been given and received. The decorations are still up but will soon be taken down and put away as we prepare for the long cold winter ahead of us.

Colossians 1:18 – 19 | Jesus Reigns Supreme Part II

December 20, 2020 / joemarino

The Christmas season is a season that is typically full of joy and excitement. From an early age we are trained to look forward to Christmas with all of its cultural trappings. Family get togethers, big extravagant meals, the excitement of gift giving and receiving, holiday movies on the Hallmark channel, the beauty of Christmas lights, Christmas concerts, parades, company Christmas parties; this time of year, really is just like one gigantic nationwide festival.

Colossians 1:15 – 17 | Jesus Reigns Supreme Part I

December 13, 2020 / joemarino

The Christmas season is upon us. It is one of the most beautiful and joy-filled times of the year with all of the snow, Christmas lights, family get togethers, food and gift giving. But this year is different.

Philippians 4:21 – 23 | Saying Goodbye

November 29, 2020 / joemarino

Saying goodbye is never easy to do. Whether you’re saying goodbye to someone after spending a few days together or saying goodbye to someone who is being called to a different mission field after years of laboring in the gospel together or saying goodbye to your college age children or saying goodbye to your dying relative; saying goodbye is never easy.

Philippians 4:14 – 20 | Will We Be Known This Way

November 22, 2020 / joemarino

I’ve often said that a person’s reputation is the story of their character. The outward behavior of a person’s life says a lot about the inner workings of what has shaped a person’s heart and mind.

Philippians 4:10 – 13 | Contentment and Confidence

November 15, 2020 / joemarino

Contentment and confidence are rare commodities these days. Contentment can oftentimes be nothing more than passivity dressed up in the expensive clothing of religious language and the cheap lipstick of cultural philosophy. Confidence on the other hand, can oftentimes be nothing more than reckless hype and emotional response.

Philippians 4:8 – 9 | The Battlefield of the Mind

November 8, 2020 / joemarino

Never in my lifetime have I experienced the polarization, division, anger, mischaracterization, slander and spirit of all-out war quite like I have in 2020.

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