10/27/2026
What kind of vessel is your church? A cruise ship built for comfort? A destroyer ready for battle? A submarine staying safely off the radar? These are the questions Walter Hiebert brought to us this Sunday from 1 Peter 2:9-10, reminding us that we are called out of darkness into God's marvelous light -- not to keep that light to ourselves, but to declare his praises.
Praise, Walter reminded us, is not just singing on Sunday. It is the fruit of a life spent in prayer. As Hebrews 13:15 describes, it is a sacrifice -- the fruit of lips that openly confess his name. Prayer is the work. Praise is the reward of that work.
And the one worthy of all of it? Jesus -- the light of the world, the captain of our souls, the one who called us out of darkness.
Are you pouring out your praise to him today?