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  1. 6d ago

    Not Out of Place | 1st Peter 1:1- | Sam Jones

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God knows where we are, is working in us, and supplies grace and peace for life here and now. 1 Peter 1:1–2Sam JonesSeptember 27, 2026 Even when we feel out of place, we are not misplaced. The hope we have in Jesus gives us what we need to live faithfully and thrive where we are. The sermon at a glance Opening the Alive in Hope series, this message follows the greeting of 1 Peter to believers scattered across real places and facing real pressure. Before Peter tells them how to respond to suffering, he tells them who they are: elect exiles, known by the Father, formed by the Spirit, and cleansed and called by Jesus. Their sense of displacement is real, but it is not proof that God has lost sight of them. Peter can speak to pressured people without shaming them because he, too, knew fear and public failure. Jesus met him after his denial, restored him, and entrusted him with caring for His sheep. The grace that restored Peter is the grace he now speaks over weary believers. “You may feel out of place, but you are not out of God’s care.” The movement of the message Elect exiles: Peter holds together two truths: following Jesus may make people feel scattered, but being chosen means they are neither discarded nor forgotten. Real people in real places: Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia were more than names on a map. God saw the people, stories, work, and pressures in each place. Known by the Father: God’s knowledge is not distant awareness. He knows His people and their fear, grief, and present season; pain does not erase His presence. Formed by the Spirit: The Spirit is shaping believers now, not only after the next move, improved relationship, or resolved hardship. Cleansed and called by Jesus: Grace and belonging come before obedience. We do not obey to earn a place in God’s family; we learn to live as people Jesus has brought near. Grace and peace multiplied: Peter does not promise every pressure will disappear. He prays for what God supplies in the midst of it, including strength for the next faithful step. Hope in Jesus Peter’s own story shows that failure need not have the last word. The risen Jesus restored the disciple who denied Him, and His blood brings real mercy to people with real regret. Through Him, we belong to God before we have everything figured out. By His Spirit, we can be changed in the very places where we feel unfinished. That is why the sermon’s hope is not a promise of an easy place. It is the presence and care of the Father, the ongoing work of the Spirit, and the grace of Jesus Christ—whose resurrection is the living hope this letter goes on to proclaim. Live faithfully here Ask not only “How can I get out of here?” but also “How can I live here as someone who knows I belong to God?” Look for one next act of honesty, courage, repentance, service, or love. The people in your home, workplace, school, neighborhood, or waiting room are not scenery; their stories matter to God. This is not a call to remain in harm. Some situations require leaving, speaking up, setting a boundary, or getting support. The point is that no place is beyond God’s knowledge or care, and ordinary faithfulness is not wasted in His hands. This week: Name one place where you feel unsettled. Name one person already there and pray for them. Then take one small, intentional step to show them the hope and love of Jesus.

  2. Sep 14

    Lord Shape My Life | Psalm 67 | Sam Jones

    Psalm 67 teaches us that God’s favor and blessing are never meant to stop with us. As God’s gracious face shines on His people, His glory becomes visible through them so that His saving power is known and all peoples are drawn to praise Him. Sermon Overview Psalm 67 begins as a prayer for God’s grace, blessing, and shining face: “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us.” But the prayer immediately moves outward. The purpose of blessing is not merely personal comfort, security, or success; it is that God’s way and saving power would become known among all peoples. The message’s central conviction is that God shines His light on us so that His glory is seen through us. As we encounter His gracious presence in our actual lives—at home, at work, in our pain, and in our relationships—His goodness becomes visible to the people around us. The Movement of the Message Grace begins the prayer: God’s shining face is His loving, gracious attention toward His people. We cannot earn His favor by becoming better versions of ourselves; He moves toward us with goodness we could never demand.Jesus brings us near: Through Christ, we do not have to live trying to earn God’s look of favor. Jesus took our sin, shame, separation, and judgment so that we can come to the Father as people who have received grace.Finish the prayer: “God bless me” is a real prayer, but Psalm 67 teaches us to finish it: bless me so Your grace becomes visible to others, sustain me so Your mercy becomes hope for someone else, and give me peace so anxious people can see that You are steady.Become a conduit: We do not manufacture God’s light or force spiritual fruit. Like a wire connected to a power source, we receive His grace, life, presence, and goodness so they can move through us toward others.All peoples praise: The end goal is not that people admire how blessed we are. The end goal is that they look through the changed life, peace, kindness, joy, and faithfulness God is cultivating and see what a glorious God He is.Gospel Hope Psalm 67 stands on the foundation of grace. All people have a glory problem: we fall short of God’s glory and cannot repair our separation from Him by our own effort. In Jesus, God has moved toward us with mercy, light, redemption, and forgiveness. Jesus entered our darkness, taking our sin, shame, and judgment at the cross so that we could receive the smiling, shining face of God.Jesus is the light, and His presence is the expression of the glory we lack and deeply need.The Spirit makes Christ visible in us, cultivating love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control as evidence of God’s work.Grace comes to us and moves through us, not so we become religious advertisements, but so people encounter something real of Jesus through His transforming presence in ordinary lives.Response Psalm 67 does not tell us to stop asking God for help. It teaches us to finish the prayer. Ask God to bless, sustain, provide, give peace, and bring joy—but ask Him to let that grace shine through your life so that His goodness becomes visible to someone else. In one ordinary moment this week, ask a different question: “God, how can Your grace shine through me in this?” In a hard family situation, at work, in anxiety, in pain, or in an ordinary conversation, ask the Spirit to cultivate His peace and kindness in you so that others can encounter the gracious King through your life. Do not let the blessing or the song stop with you. “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, that Your way may be known on earth, Your saving power among all nations.”

  3. Sep 6

    What Shapes the Righteous Person | Psalm 1 | Lyle Bird

    Psalm 1 asks a deeply personal question: what are you allowing to shape the course of your life? The psalm contrasts the way of the righteous with the way of the wicked, showing that a flourishing life is not built on self-direction or the changing counsel of the world, but on delighting in and meditating on God’s instruction.The righteous person is not someone who lives flawlessly. Rather, their life is increasingly aligned with God’s good instruction. They value His Word, return to it, reflect on it, and allow it to influence how they live. In time, this forms roots beneath the surface that sustain them through every season.

  4. Aug 30

    Lord, Shape My Dependence | Psalm 86 | Sam Jones

    Psalm 86 is David’s level-ten prayer: a cry from a place of distress, need, opposition, and deep dependence. Rather than hiding his weakness or pretending he can manage, David brings his whole soul honestly before the God who hears, forgives, loves, delivers, helps, and comforts. The sermon’s central truth is simple: encountering God’s steadfast love shapes our prayer in desperate places. David’s circumstances remain difficult, but God’s unchanging character gives him a reason to keep calling out, worshiping, surrendering, and trusting.

  5. Aug 23

    Calm for the Restless Heart | Psalm 131 | Trenton Stokes

    Calm for the Restless Heart | Psalm 131 Sermon Overview Psalm 131 is a brief but profound psalm for people whose souls have grown loud with striving, comparison, fear, and the burden of trying to manage life beyond their limits. David does not focus on circumstances or crises; he brings us to the posture of the heart, the direction of the eyes, the reach of ambition, and the quieting of the soul. The central message is that a quiet soul is not produced by self-mastery. It is received through trusting the God who holds what we cannot control. The psalm moves from inward humility, to resting in God’s presence, to an outward invitation for others to hope in the Lord. The Movement of the Message The restless self: David rejects a lifted heart, raised eyes, and preoccupation with matters too great for him. Pride can be loud arrogance, but it can also be the quieter refusal to accept limits, the drive to carry everything, fix everything, and control every outcome.The comparison trap: High eyes pull us into ranking our lives against others. Whether we feel superior or inferior, the underlying message is the same: our worth depends on how we compare. Psalm 131 leads us away from the inner scoreboard and back into trust.The weaned self: David describes a soul calmed and quieted like a weaned child with its mother. The point is not needing God less, but maturing in what we desire—moving from treating God as a transaction to resting in Him as our treasure.The hopeful self: The psalm turns outward with the call, “O Israel, hope in the Lord.” A quiet soul becomes a steadying presence for others, because private trust overflows into public hope.Gospel Hope Psalm 131 is not a self-help plan for becoming more composed. It points beyond David to Jesus, the truly humble and trusting Son. Everything David renounces, Jesus perfectly embodies; everything David longs for, Jesus fulfills; and everything David attempts, Jesus accomplishes. Jesus lived without haughty eyes, seeing others with compassion rather than comparison and self-importance.Jesus refused self-exalting ambition, choosing His Father’s will over earthly glory and control.Jesus rested in the Father through sorrow, bringing cries and tears honestly to God while remaining anchored in trust.Jesus gives His rest to restless people, as the Spirit slowly moves us from pride to humble peace, comparison to contentment, ambition to surrender, and self-reliance to resting in God. Practice the Quiet Way Practice smallness: Choose unnoticed faithfulness and quiet obedience. Smallness is not passivity; it is accepting your limits and trusting that God never asked you to carry the weight of being God. Practice surrender: Identify the “great matters” you are trying to force or fix. Bring them to God and remember: surrender is not giving up; it is giving over. You do not have to manage outcomes that belong to Him. Practice presence: Set aside five minutes with no requests and no fixing—simply sit with God and whisper, “You are enough.” When worry rises, pause and pray: “Lord, I still and quiet my soul … like a child resting in Your arms.” The quiet way is not for spiritual elites. It is for exhausted people. Hope in the Lord is active trust: the daily practice of placing your life, family, future, and every unknown into God’s hands.

  6. Aug 16

    Psalm 23 | Lord Shape My Trust | Sam Jones

    Psalm 23 | Lord Shape My Trust | Sam Jones

  7. Aug 9

    Unqualified Love | Psalm 107 | David Whitaker

    Psalm 107 calls God’s redeemed people to give thanks because His steadfast love endures forever. Through the stories of wanderers, prisoners, the sick, and storm-tossed travelers, this sermon shows that God meets us in every kind of need with loyal love, rescue, and grace.

  8. Aug 2

    Sing! | Psalm 96 | David Whitaker

    Sing! Psalm 96 calls the whole earth to sing because the Lord alone has true glory, weight, and worth. This sermon shows that worship is not sentimental positivity but a life-reorienting response to the God who made all things, exposes our idols, and will one day set the world right in righteousness and faithfulness.

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Teaching and Sermons etc...From Redemption Life Fellowship of Greenville, SC. Introducing people to Jesus and the redeemed life He offers.

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    Redemption Life Fellowship
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    2023 - 2026
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