One thing we realize, right away, when we read Scripture is that God’s people are never immune to experiencing troubles or suffering. The characters in the Biblical narrative are never lionized but shown with all their flaws in clear view. Not just flaws, but the pain they experience is represented as well.

Still, Scriptures also reveal that pain is often on the path to redemption. Not that I believe God wills for us to suffer, but that even our suffering is in the scope of God’s intent to make all things right again.

This Sunday we’ll be reading Matthew 26:31-75. That’s a big chunk of verses, but they are all tied together through one character who shows up in each section. If you’ve read the passage, you know that it’s Peter!

We’ll be looking at Peter’s missteps and his flailing faith and trying to glean lessons on what not to do when our faith begins to fail.

Read the passage all the way through, then go back and consider each thing that Peter says and does, his movements and attitudes, and consider what the opposite of those would be. If you do that, you should be able to track with our thoughts on it this Sunday.

For all the trouble and pain in this section, I really do think there are some good, practical lessons we can take away from Peter’s story. I hope you can join us this Sunday at 10 AM!