For the week of June 29, 2026
MONDAY
Day One: Misinterpretations and Pain
Sermon Focus: Submitting to God’s design for marriage is a powerful Gospel witness.
Truth: 1 Peter 3:1-7 says, “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external – the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear – but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”
Sermon Point: Last week, we learned that without the right biblical context, passages about marriage can be badly misunderstood, which is why we first traced the story all the way back to Creation. Before sin, man and woman stood as equal partners who ruled together, but after the fall the word “rule” became twisted throughout history – sometimes into male domination, sometimes into women domineering over passive husbands. Peter cuts through these distortions by addressing a specific situation common in the first‑century church: a believing wife married to an unbelieving husband. He calls these wives to submit not as inferiors, but as faithful witnesses whose respectful and pure conduct might draw their husbands toward Christ. This submission never includes worshiping false gods or enduring abuse; rather, it reflects a Christ‑honoring posture that God may use for redemption.
Sermon Reflection: Have you ever witnessed an unbelieving wife living as Peter describes who then got to celebrate her husband’s profession of faith? How did that situation impact you personally?
Application: Marriage is one of the hardest yet most rewarding things we could ever be a part of when we do it God’s way. Save this graphic as a tool to help guide your prayers and shape your conversations with others about marriage according to God’s design.
Kingdom Prayer Focus:
- Pray for FM church – that we would see and understand biblical marriage correctly; that we would be a church who reveres and upholds the covenant of marriage. Pray that we will come alongside one another in humility and honesty so that we might encourage strong, Christ-centered marriages as the foundation of our families, for God’s Glory Alone.
- Pray for our students who will be working through the Fundamentals class over the next few weeks. Pray that every one of the students entrusted to us would come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior. Pray that God’s Word would be deeply rooted in them and that, over time, they will bear much fruit for the Kingdom and God’s Glory Alone.
TUESDAY
Day Two: Do Not Let Your Adorning be External
Sermon Focus: Submitting to God’s design for marriage is a powerful Gospel witness.
Truth: 1 Peter 3:1-7 says, “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external – the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear – but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”
Sermon Point: Peter teaches that the respectful and pure conduct he calls wives to display has nothing to do with outward appearance, which our culture obsesses over, but everything to do with the inner life. While caring for our bodies matters, neither women nor men are called to make external beauty their focus. Instead, Peter insists that true beauty – and the foundation of a healthy marriage – flows from the heart, not from hairstyles, jewelry, or clothing.
Sermon Reflection: What practices could help you nurture the kind of respectful, pure, Christ‑centered character that strengthens a marriage from the inside out?
Application: Choose one of the practices you just identified and start putting it into practice this week; share your intentions with a friend and commit to pray with and for one another in these ways.
Kingdom Prayer Focus:
- Repent of all the ways and times you have pursued, relied on and trusted in external strength or beauty – all the things the world prizes. Pray that God will shape in us a desire to care for and present ourselves in a way that honors Him and reflects a desire to love and pursue Jesus with everything we’ve got.
- Thank God for the beauty of Christ’s humility, meekness, compassion, gentleness, and love. Pray that every one of us would continue to submit to the Holy Spirit’s counsel to keep taking steps toward Christ. Praise God that as we do, we become more like Him, bringing God more and more glory.
WEDNESDAY
Day Three: The Imperishable Beauty and a Gentle, Quiet Spirit
Sermon Focus: Submitting to God’s design for marriage is a powerful Gospel witness.
Truth: 1 Peter 3:1-7 says, “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external – the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear – but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”
Sermon Point: A wife’s true adorning is the hidden person of the heart, marked by the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. That’s the kind of beauty God calls very precious! It’s a beauty that is eternal and does not fade like outward adornment. It’s a beauty that expresses humility – a life so centered on glorifying God alone that she doesn’t even think about herself. This kind of woman is also quiet and peaceable. Her confidence is rooted in her eternal life and the longing that her unbelieving husband might one day know Christ. Because this kind of beauty is costly – purchased by Christ’s sacrifice – believing wives are called to live in step with their faith, trusting that God may use their gentle, quiet, Christ‑centered conduct to win their husbands to Him.
Sermon Reflection: How and where do you need to cultivate the “hidden person of the heart” – a gentle, quiet, Christ‑centered spirit – rather than relying on any outward qualities you may have?
Application: Men and women alike, choose one “external adorning” to not do today (perhaps leave off all jewelry, wear your hair simply, choose modest clothing etc.) and then set a reminder on your phone to go off three times today. When it does, take a few moments to cultivate a gentle and quiet heart that is set on God’s Glory Alone.
Kingdom Prayer Focus:
- Praise the Father – the Creator and Sustainer of the universe; praise the Son – the Lord and Savior of the world; praise the Holy Spirit – the sanctifier of God’s people. Praise God for sending His Son to save us and for giving us His Holy Spirit who is with us always, to the end of the age.
- Pray for FM church – that we would live lives worthy of the calling we’ve each received. Pray that we would set our minds on the straight edge of Truth – that we would continually humble ourselves before the Lord and one another – and that in all we say and do, we would seek to Glorify God Alone.
THURSDAY
Day Four: Just Like Sarah
Sermon Focus: Submitting to God’s design for marriage is a powerful Gospel witness.
Truth: 1 Peter 3:1-7 says, “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external – the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear – but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”
Sermon Point: Peter points to Sarah – the matriarch of Israel – as the model for how believing wives should conduct themselves, reminding his readers that she was honored for her hope in God and her submissive posture toward Abraham. By appealing from the greater to the lesser, Peter shows that if Sarah carried herself this way, then the wives in Asia Minor should likewise adorn themselves with humble, gentle, quiet spirits rather than outward displays. This Old Testament example reinforces God’s original design for marriage, calling wives to live with imperishable inner beauty that is precious in His sight.
Sermon Reflection: How does Sarah’s example of hoping in God challenge the way you think about your own posture in marriage, especially when circumstances feel uncertain or difficult?
Application: Choose a small, repeatable habit to practice throughout the day (a breath prayer, a moment of silence, a Scripture meditation) that helps you quiet your heart and re‑center on God’s presence rather than outward appearance or ability.
Kingdom Prayer Focus:
- Pray for FM – that whether we are at home, at work, on the ballfield, at the grocery store…that we would all be fully devoted disciples who are making fully devoted disciples all throughout our everyday, ordinary lives. Pray that we would be compelling, tangible examples of what it looks like to live as people who Hope in God alone.
- Thank God for His Word – that through it, we can learn from people like Abraham and Sarah and so many others. Thank God for all the ways He has redeemed and restored the lives of His beloved children down through the ages to this very day. Ask Him to give us a hunger and thirst to keep sowing the Truth of His Word deep in our hearts that we might live in obedience to it out of our love for and gratitude to Him.
FRIDAY
Day Five: Fear Nothing that is Frightening
Sermon Focus: Submitting to God’s design for marriage is a powerful Gospel witness.
Truth: 1 Peter 3:1-7 says, “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external – the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear – but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”
Sermon Point: Peter reassures believing wives that they are Sarah’s true children – beloved children of God – if they do good by living out the respectful, pure, inward beauty he has just described. He adds that they must also refuse to fear anything frightening, because a healthy fear of the Lord drives out every lesser fear and anchors them in God’s sovereignty and goodness. Even though living with an unbelieving husband can be difficult or even frightening, they can trust that God works all things for His glory and for the good of those who love Him.
Sermon Reflection: How does trusting in God’s sovereignty and goodness reshape the way you interpret difficult or frightening moments in your marriage, especially when you cannot yet see what He is doing?
Application: Write down the things that feel frightening or unsettling in your marriage (or life in general), then intentionally surrender each one to the Lord, asking Him to replace them with a deeper fear of Him and trust in His sovereignty.
Kingdom Prayer Focus:
- Praise God that nothing and no one can thwart His will from being done! Praise Him for His power over every molecule in the universe – that nothing happens outside of His control. Praise Him that we can truly rest in that knowledge and trust that He is always at work for our good and His glory, in all things, all the time. Praise Him for the specific ways He’s doing that in your life.
- Pray for our upcoming corporate worship on Sunday. Pray that every single person will be encouraged and built up in their faith – that Truth will be pursued – that unity among us would be guarded – that our conversations would be gracious and seasoned with salt – that eyes and ears would be open and responsive to the work of the Holy Spirit – that next steps would be identified and taken. And that in and through every moment, God’s Glory Alone would be our chief aim.