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Beginning with the end in mind

Beginning with the end in mind. 1 Peter 4:7. 1 Peter 4:7. Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. . 1 Peter 4:7. Now the end of all things is near ; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. . How is the end of all things near?.

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Beginning with the end in mind

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  1. Beginning with the end in mind 1 Peter 4:7

  2. 1 Peter 4:7 Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. 

  3. 1 Peter 4:7 Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. 

  4. How is the end of all things near? “Jesus is coming back really soon…in our lifetime.” • NT authors look goofy • Produces laziness & passivity • Produces unhealthy fixation on end time events

  5. How is the end of all things near? “Jesus is coming back really soon…in our lifetime.” • NT authors look goofy • Produces laziness & passivity • Produces unhealthy fixation on end time events • 1 Thess. 5:1-2 -- About the times and the seasons: Brothers, you do not need anything to be written to you. 2 For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

  6. How is the end of all things near? “We are in the final phase of God’s plans.” • Jesus inaugurated this phase with His resurrection & God’s next move is His return

  7. June 6, 1944

  8. The Battle Was Won!

  9. The Enemy Continued to Fight Fiercely!

  10. May 8,1945

  11. We need to think well about the end 1 Peter 1:3-5 -- 3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. 5 You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

  12. We need to think well about the end 1 Peter 1:3-5 -- 3 Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. 5 You are being protected by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. • Is this a standard way of thinking for you?

  13. We need to live in light of the end Purposeful Planning Wise Decision-Making

  14. Qualities this develops… Spiritual Confidence Spiritual Courage Spiritual Camaraderie

  15. Qualities this develops… Spiritual Confidence Spiritual Courage Spiritual Camaraderie • If Peter can change, then so can you and I!

  16. 1 Peter 4:7 Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. 

  17. 1 Peter 4:7 Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer.  • Have you ever wondered why you are not a more prayerful person?

  18. Luke 11:5-13 5 He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I don’t have anything to offer him.’ 7 Then he will answer from inside and say, ‘Don’t bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I have gone to bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his friend’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 9 “So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep

  19. Luke 11:5-13 searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

  20. Colossians 4:2-4 2 Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us that God may open a door to us for the message, to speak the mystery of the Messiah, for which I am in prison, 4 so that I may reveal it as I am required to speak.

  21. Ephesians 6:18-20 18 Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert in this with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints. 19 Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. 20 For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should.

  22. Qualities this develops… Spiritual Confidence

  23. Qualities this develops… Spiritual Confidence

  24. Qualities this develops… Spiritual Confidence Spiritual Courage Spiritual Camaraderie

  25. Matthew 26:40-41 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour? Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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