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April 12 2010 at 6:00 am

Living. Hope. Part 1

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Yesterday we launched our new sermon series, “Living Hope: The First Letter of Peter.” I preached from 1 Peter 1:1-5, on the “past, present and future hope” we have because of Jesus Christ.

Options for reviewing and applying the message:

  • Listen online or download an MP3.
  • Download the summary outline (in PDF format).
  • Use the questions below for further reflection and application to your life:

1.  How can Peter’s greeting (1 Peter 1:1-2) impart hope and remind you of your identity in Christ Jesus?


2.  Peter started his letter with an outburst of gratitude and praise (1 Peter 1:3a).  What do you thank God for the loudest?  What blessings lead you to an outburst of praise?


3.  How have your past sins-—or the sins and wrongs others have done to you-—defined your identity and dampened your hope?  How does the defining reality that you have been “born again …through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 1:3a) rewrite your past and give you hope in the present?


4.  Have you placed your hope in things that will eventually wear out, grow old or die?  How does faith and hope in Christ’s life, death and resurrection strengthen and enliven your hope?


5.  How often do you think of heaven?  How can a reflection on the eternal joy and the inheritance that awaits you in heaven fill you with hope for both your present trials and your future glory?





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