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Happy Hump Day, Reader Some weeks you can feel it in the air. Not because the calendar changed, but because God is pressing on something deeper than schedule and routine. A lot of us are carrying a moment we never talk about. A sentence we regret. A decision we wish we could un-live. A failure that keeps replaying at 2 AM. This Sunday’s message went straight to that place. And it didn’t leave us in the courtyard. It took us to the beach. Here’s what’s inside: a recap, your practice for the week, and what’s next. This Sunday’s Message: What If Your Worst Night Is Not Your Last Chapter?Big Idea: Jesus does not only forgive, Jesus restores. Scripture: Luke 22:54–62; John 21:9, 15–19 Key Takeaways:
This Week’s Practice: Confess one specific failure to God and receive forgiveness without bargaining. 📺 Watch the replay on YouTube
Featured Content (Devotional)A Second Chance You Can Practice Today A sermon can move you on Sunday and fade by Monday if you don’t turn it into a next step. That’s why this week’s featured devotional is built to help you do the work Jesus invited Peter into: stop managing the memory and start receiving restoration. If you have been calling your failure “that situation” or “my mistake,” this is your moment to get honest without getting crushed. God is not asking you to pretend it didn’t happen. God is inviting you to bring it into the light so it can lose its power. Read it slowly. Pray it honestly. And take one small action that matches the grace you say you believe. Service Info (Next Sunday)This Sunday, April 29 | Online Only @ 10:30 AM (CT) Join us wherever you are for Mars Hill Anywhere online.
Next In-Person ServiceMother’s Day Worship Weekend is May 10, 2026, at 10:30 AM. Join us in person at 7941 47th St., Central, McCook, IL. Bring your family. Bring a friend. Come as you are.
GivingEvery week of this series, somebody opened a room they had not been in for years. A prayer closet they had abandoned. A relationship they had written off. A mind they had stopped fighting for. A worship room running on empty. That happens because people like you make Mars Hill Anywhere possible. Everything we do, the online services, the resources, the community runs because people like you choose to invest in it. Give SecurelySupport the mission securely at marshillchicago.org/giving, in our mobile app, or by texting MHGIVE to 33777. You can also mail checks to: Mars Hill Baptist Church
With love and expectation, Pastor Clarence E. Stowers, Jr. P.S. If you have been carrying a moment you never named, you don’t have to carry it alone. What is one failure you’ve been bargaining with God about instead of surrendering? What would it look like to take one small, honest step toward the beach this week? I read every reply. This is a conversation, not a broadcast. Hit reply. Let’s talk about it. Optional links
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