Your Life: Living With the End in Mind

SERIES: GODLY LIVING IN A FOREIGN WORLD

MESSAGE: Your Life: Living With the End in Mind

TEXT: 1 Peter 4:7–11

MESSAGE BY: Pastor Tim Lewis

1. Prioritize prayer (V. 7)

   • Refuse to be distracted. (1 Thes. 5:1–8)

   • Pursue spiritual discernment. (2 Pet. 3:11)

   • Questions

     1. What on Earth are you here for?

     2. Why on Earth are you here?

     3. Why has God left you here?

     4. What is it that you can do that no one else can do?

     5. What is the mission for your life?

     6. What is the mission for our church?

     7. What place does prayer have in your life?
        (Eph. 6:18; 1 Thes. 5:17; John 15:7; Zech. 13:9)

2. Fervently love (V. 8)

   • Don’t let your love grow cold. (Rev. 2:2–5)

   • Let love do its work in your life. (Prov. 10:12)

   • Questions

     • How can I love others if I am not in love with the Lord?

     • How can I love others when they are wrong?

     • Do you need others to love you?

     • What hinders us from loving? (1 John 4:7–12)

3. Demonstrate Christian hospitality (V. 9)

   • Welcome others into your life and home.

   • Don’t complain about serving. (3 John 5–11)

   • Questions

     • Do you welcome others into your life?

     • Are you meeting needs with love?

     • Do you have genuine friendships?

     • Do you have a gracious spirit?

     • What is the motive of your giving?

4. Serve one another as good stewards (V. 10)

   • God has given you grace to serve others.

   • Put His gifts to work in your life.

   • Questions:

     • How has God gifted you?

     • How are you serving now?

     • What hinders you from serving the Lord?

5. Do all things for the Glory of God in Jesus (V. 11)

   • Do your best.

   • Live seriously.

   • Be real.

   • Be dependent on God.

   •  Questions:

     • Are you living for God’s glory?

     • Are you giving Him the best of your life?

     • What will He say to you when your life is finished on Earth?