Following (Week 5)

1 Peter 4:7-11

By Michael Lockstampfor, February 04, 2024

REVIEW

  • Jesus deserves our undivided inner-life.
  • Regularly celebrating Jesus motivates our heart want to follow Him.
  • Regularly gathering with others reshapes our souls to Christ-likeness.
  • Jesus instructs our thoughts and feelings through His Word.

WHAT IS OUR STRENGTH?

  • Strength =
  • Our ability to act in an on the material world
  • Formed by God
  • Wired for
  • or uninventive

HOW IS OUR STRENGTH?

  • Not inherently
  • A powerful tool for eliminating

“Habits eat willpower for breakfast.” John Ortberg

HOW IS OUR STRENGTH REFORMED?

  • 1 Peter 4:7-11
    • Serving others like Jesus can only be by real love (vv7-8)
    • Serving others like Jesus happens in the stuff of everyday life (v9)
    • Serving others like Jesus is by His gifts to you (vv10-11a)
    • Serving others like Jesus uniquely does not change the . (v11b)
  • Use your strength as a
  • precedes understanding

Understanding/agreement/belief is the beginning (Mark 12:32-34)

Regularly serving others like Jesus fills us with purpose.

  • How do we use our mind to block God’s work in & through us?
  • How are we regularly serving others like Jesus?
  • What gifts is Jesus blessing us with to share with others?