About this episode

Pastor Scott Conner discusses how pride and passivity can hinder spiritual growth and offers practical ways to resist these challenges based on 1 Peter 5:6-11.

Are you letting pride and passivity keep you from facing what's really prowling in your life? In this message, Pastor Scott Conner walks through 1 Peter 5:6-11, showing how pride and persecution work like a roaring lion, looking for any opening to devour us, and how passivity in the face of that threat only makes it worse. He shares six practical ways Peter calls us to resist: staying sober minded, alert, and diligent, letting others help, hiding God's Word in our hearts, and remembering His mighty acts. If you've felt like you're carrying more than you were meant to carry on your own, this message will encourage you to cast your anxiety on God, resist the enemy with confidence, and trust that the reward is worth the resistance.

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Scott Conner

Topics covered

• pride
• persecution
• spiritual growth
• resistance
• faith
• anxiety

Keywords

• pride
• persecution
• 1 Peter
• spiritual resistance
• anxiety
• faith
• God's Word

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 1 Peter 5:6-11

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