Focusing on What Matters: Guidance from 1 Peter 4:7-11 and Love for Others
Gain wisdom from the teachings of 1 Peter 4:7-11 on being clear-minded, serving others, and praising God, along with a reminder to love one another deeply. Explore the importance of love and hospitality in relationships, guided by biblical verses. Discover the significance of loving God and your neighbor as yourself, fulfilling the commandments with love. Let these words inspire you to lead a life of purpose, mindful of the end and centered on what truly matters.
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When you have the end in mind, you focus on what matters.
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you may pray. 1 Peter 4:7-11
Above all 1 Peter 4:7-11
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:7-11
Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:7-11
If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that 1 Peter 4:7-11
so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:7-11
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:37-40
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:34-35
If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. 1 John 4:20-21
Relationship decisions are the most important decisions you will ever make in life.
1. Nurture my important relationships.
the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God. Colossians 2:19 NRSV-
2. Sever my harmful relationships.
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. Proverbs 13:20
A mirror reflects a mans face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses. Proverbs 27:19 TLB
3. Initiate some meaningful relationships.
They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers. Acts 2:42 MSG
Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer. Hebrews 10:24-25 GN
THE NEED: 207 _________ 283 _________ 187 _________ ______________
THE NEED: 207 Men 283 Women 187 Marriages + their friends
THE SOLUTION: Scalable
THE SOLUTION: Scalable Relational
THE SOLUTION: Scalable Relational Accountable
We must become a church of small groups, not a church with small groups.
4. Engage our relationship with God.
Look! I have been standing at the door, and I am constantly knocking. If anyone hears me calling him and opens the door, I will come in and fellowship with him and he with me. Revelation 3:20 (TLB)
