All year, we’ve followed the story of Christ. What He’s done, who He is, and what that means for our lives.

In the Gospel, we reflected on the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
In I Am, we learned exactly who Jesus said He was. The way, the truth, the life, the good shepherd…
Through In Christ, we learned what it means to put our trust in Him. To be planted, pruned, and made fruitful in Him. 

Now we come to the culmination of it all: Our Living Hope.

Because of what Jesus did, who He is, and who we are in Him, we now live with a hope that’s eternally alive.

When Peter wrote to the early believers who were scattered and suffering, he didn’t ask for blind optimism; he gave them a living hope. 

Hope rooted in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and in our own future resurrection. In a world that was filled with instability, persecution, and disunity, Peter reminded the church that their hope was not fading or fragile, but alive.

Even when life is uncertain, when faith becomes costly, and when tomorrow seems unclear. This same living hope sustains us today. 

Through the next eight weeks, we’ll explore how hope reshapes our identity, our trials, and our future, showing us that even in the midst of fire, God is with us, making something beautiful and new.

Rejoicing can’t be dependent on looking back; it requires us to look forward. To hope.