1. 1 Peter 1:1-12
According to our culture, the good life consists of comfort, success, and personal fulfillment. But the Bible casts a different vision of the good life as one of cross-bearing, suffering, and discipleship. How can this be? In this opening message in Thrive's series on 1 & 2 Peter, Michael Bouterse, Thrive's local director, offers three reasons from 1 Peter 1:1-12 that God invites us to reinterpret suffering as a grace disguised.
Scripture passages cited (or alluded to) in this message include Acts 2:9-11; Luke 22:31-32; John 17:3; and 2 Corinthians 1:3-6.