First Naples Podcast

The Promise of a Sovereign
Isaiah 11:1-10
 
Isaiah is going to point us to a true and better King whose character is impeccable and whose kingdom is unstoppable.
 
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The Promise of a Son
Isaiah 9:1-7
 
Isaiah is teaching in Chapter 9 that the darkness of this world is no match for the brightness of the Son.
 
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Stay Low and Stand Firm
1 Peter 5:6-14
 
Peter teaches us to stay low under the mighty hand of God and stand firm in the grace of God.
 
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Follow the Leader
1 Peter 5:1-5
 
Peter points us to the type of leadership we need. He teaches us those leaders lead by example, love their people, and live in humility.
 
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How to Make a Difference
1 Peter 4:7-11
 
We are called to not just live different than the world, but to make a difference in the world around us through our prayer and our care.
 
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Be Different
1 Peter 4:1-6
 
Following Jesus means being different from the world in how we think, how we live and how we die.
 
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How to See Good Days in a Stressful World
1 Peter 3:8-22
 
We must choose love over hate, faith over fear and trust Jesus over everything.
 
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Husbands and Wives
1 Peter 3:1-8
 
If you pursue happiness over holiness, you get neither. But if you pursue holiness more than happiness, you get both.
 
Truly beautiful wives have a hope in God and really insightful husbands have a healthy prayer life.
 
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The Witness of Submission and Suffering
1 Peter 2:13-25
 
Though we are citizens of another Kingdom serving a higher King, we must during our time of exile, submit ourselves to the authority that God has placed us under, in order that we may fulfill God’s purposes and be a witness to the watching world.
 
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Our Christian Identity
1 Peter 2:4-12
 
Peter teaches us that we (believers) are a gospel community with a holy calling built on Christ our Cornerstone.
 
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It’s Time to Grow Up
1 Peter 1:22-2:3
 
We need to grow up because God gave us a new life that is only satisfied by the goodness of God that comes from drinking deeply in the Word of God.
 
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How to live as an Exile?
1 Peter 1:13-21
 
A tourist, an immigrant, or an exile.
 
The battle for hope and holiness in a hostile world starts in the mind, reminding us of who we are in Christ. We are called to set our hope on the grace of God and set our lives apart for the holiness of God.
 
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I am a Stranger
1 Peter 1:1-12
 
If you are a Christian, you have a living hope and lasting inheritance in Jesus that enables us to live as a stranger and sufferer in a broken, hostile world.
 
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Go: From Naples to the Nations
Matthew 28:16-20
 
Matthew 28 is the resurrection story of Jesus that ends with the Risen Savior commissioning his disciples. Everything Jesus says here depends on the fact He is very much alive. A dead teacher cannot send his disciples. Jesus’ Resurrection is the proof he has all authority and therefore transforms all our priorities. If Jesus died and rose from the dead, then everything He tells us WE SHOULD DO and WE CAN DO! We must not let the distractions of life keep us from the convictions that sustain us for the mission that Jesus has called us to do.
 
 

“The Vision for the Church’s Mission”
Revelation 7:9-10
Dr. Paul Chitwood
 
Five Questions:
 
1. Who do we see in the vision?
2. Where are they?
3. How did they get there?
4. Why are they there?
5. So what?
 
Revelation 7:9-10 ESV
9After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”