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Always be Prepared

Discover the power of revering Christ as Lord and sharing the reason for your hope with others. Learn practical steps to grow your knowledge, trust in the Spirit's power, and love one another. Let your faith be personal, not private!

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Always be Prepared

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  1. Always be Prepared

  2. Always be prepared • But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be preparedto give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect- 1 Peter 3:15 • Our Faith is Personal, Not Private!

  3. In your hearts revere • But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, • Romans 10:9 • Revere – “to stand in awe of” to regard with respect and admiration. • Syn. Admire, adore, esteem, exalt, honor, and love.

  4. Give the reason for the hope • But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, • The Resurrection: • Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead – 1 Peter 1:3 • Romans 5:1-5 • Hope: Blessed Assurance, Confident Faith

  5. Gentleness and respect • But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect • Colossians 3:12-14 • Two reasons people don’t come to church: • Matthew 7:1-5

  6. Practical Application:Matthew 7:16

  7. Grow your knowledge2 Peter 3:18 • live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God – Colossians 1:10 • Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom – Colossians 3:16 • I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you – Psalm 119:11

  8. Trust in the Spirit’s Power • For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline – 2 Timothy 1:7 • My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power – 1 Corinthians 2:4 • But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth - Acts 1:8

  9. Love one another • Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law – Romans 13:8 • Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments - Matthew 22:37-40 • No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us– 1 John 4:12

  10. Romans 15:13 • May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the powerof the Holy Spirit

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