Life is full of hard choices—you don’t get to avoid them, but you do get to choose them. In this series through 1 Peter, we’ll discover how to choose the hard that leads to life: perseverance over quitting, holiness over compromise, boldness over fear, and faith over comfort. Choose your hard—and choose what leads to growth, purpose, and glory.
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“Since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer.” 1 Peter 4:1
SERMONS
Choose Your Hard: Stand Firm
Life will hit hard-pressure, stress, and spiritual attacks will come. The question is: will you stand or fall? In this message from 1 Peter, we learn how to stand firm through humility, trust, and awareness. You don’t stand strong by accident-you stand firm on purpose. Choose your hard.
Choose Your Hard: Be Bold
Playing it safe is easy-but living with regret is hard. In this message from 1 Peter, we’re challenged to choose boldness over timidity. Bold in worship, bold in truth, bold in faith-even when it costs something. You can shrink back or stand up. Choose your hard.
Choose Your Hard: Marriage
Marriage is hard-but so is disconnection, conflict, and brokenness. In this message from 1 Peter, we’re challenged to choose the hard of love, honor, and sacrifice. Healthy marriages don’t happen by accident-they’re built through intentional choices. Choose the hard that strengthens your marriage.
Choose Your Hard: Honor
Honor is hard-especially when people are difficult, opinions clash, or respect feels undeserved. But dishonor comes with consequences too. In this message from 1 Peter, we’re called to choose the hard of humility, submission, and doing good. Honor isn’t weakness-it’s strength. Choose your hard.
Choose Your Hard: Forged For More
You’re not random-you’re chosen. You’re not here by accident-you’re called. And your life isn’t meant to drift-you’re committed. In this message from 1 Peter, we discover our identity and purpose in Christ. The answers are clear-but living them out is hard. Choose the hard that leads to purpose.
Choose Your Hard: Holy
Being set apart in a culture that blends in is hard-but so are the consequences of compromise. In this message from 1 Peter, we’re challenged to choose the hard of holiness over the hard of sin. Holiness isn’t accidental-it’s intentional. Choose to live different, prepared, and self-controlled. Choose your hard.
Choose Your Hard: Persevere
Life isn’t about avoiding hard—it’s about choosing which hard leads to life. In this message from 1 Peter, we discover that trials aren’t pointless—they reveal, refine, and lead to glory. You can choose the hard of perseverance or the hard of giving up. One builds you. One breaks you. Choose your hard.