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Our Living Hope - 1 Peter 1:1-12

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1 Peter - Introduction

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Seeing Each Other Through God's Eyes - "Sometimes Even Christian Get It Wrong"

Colossians 2:8 NIV

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

1. Christians can get it wrong when we let culture shape us instead of Scripture.

2. Christians can get it wrong when we make human reasoning the starting point instead of Scripture.

3. Christians can get it wrong when we allow our experiences to define biblical truth instead of allowing biblical truth define our experiences.

1 Corinthians 15:35-49 NIV

But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else.But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishableit is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in powerit is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

Isaiah 35:5-6 NIV

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

Galatians 3:26-29 NIV

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faithfor all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Colossians 2:8 NIV

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

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Seeing Each Other Through God's Eyes - "One Body - Many Parts - All Needed"

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Seeing Each Other Through God's Eyes - "Seeing Weakness Through God's Eyes"

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Seeing Each Other Through God's Eyes - Part 1

Part 1 - "Made in the Image of God"

John 3:16 NIV

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:8 NIV

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

WHY DOES GOD LOVE YOU?

Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of Godnot by works, so that no one can boast.For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Defining a Theology of Disability

"Studying Scripture to understand how God views and relates to those with disabilities, then applying that biblical understanding to a biblical worldview so that we as Christians not only learn how to view people with disabilities from a biblical perspective, but we learn how to see others through God's eyes."

Genesis 1:26 NIV

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Psalms 8:4-5 NIV

what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.

What does it mean to be made in the image of God?

Why does God love you?

God doesn't love you because of what you do... He love you because of who He is.

Ephesians 1:4 NIV

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love

How will you apply what you learned today?

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Summer in the Psalms - Psalms 19

PSALMS 20

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1. May the Lord answer you when you are in distress;

may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

2. May he send you help from the sanctuary

and grant you support from Zion.

3. May he remember all your sacrifices

and accept your burnt offerings.

4. May he give you the desire of your heart

and make all your plans succeed.

5. May we shout for joy over your victory

and lift up our banners in the name of our God.

May the Lord grant all your requests.

6. Now this I know:

The Lord gives victory to his anointed.

He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary

with the victorious power of his right hand.

7. Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

8. They are brought to their knees and fall,

but we rise up and stand firm.

9. Lord, give victory to the king!

Answer us when we call!

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Summer in the Psalms - Psalms 17

Psalm 17:1-15 ESV

Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wingsfrom the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your swordfrom men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

A life of persistent problems demands a life of persevering faith.

Three practical responses to persistent problems...

1. Persevering Prayer (Psalm 17:1, 6, 13)

2. Persevering Holiness (Psalm 17:1-5)

3. Persevering Confidence (Psalm 17:6, 8, 15)

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Summer in the Psalms - Psalms 16

PSALMS 16

1. Keep me safe, my God,

for in you I take refuge.

2. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

apart from you I have no good thing.”

3. I say of the holy people who are in the land,

“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

4. Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.

I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods

or take up their names on my lips.

5. Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;

you make my lot secure.

6. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

surely I have a delightful inheritance.

7. I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;

even at night my heart instructs me.

8. I keep my eyes always on the Lord.

With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

9. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will rest secure,

10. because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,

nor will you let your faithful one see decay.

11. You make known to me the path of life;

you will fill me with joy in your presence,

with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Path #1

The path that leads away from God leads to sorrow.

Path #2

The path that leads TO GOD lead to satisfaction.

What does God provide?

1. Refuge in a time of trouble

2. A church family

3. For Our NEEDS

4. Wise Counsel

5. Comfort, Joy and Peace

6. Eternal Salvation

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Summer in the Psalms - Psalms 15

Psalms 15:1-5 NIV

LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heartwhose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on otherswho despises a vile person but honors those who fear the LORD; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mindwho lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

"Right Living and Repentance are Essential to Feeling Comfortable in God's Presence."

The Question: "Who may be in Your presence?" (vs. 1)

The Answer: "Only those who live the right way." (vs. 2-5a)

The Promise: "He who lives like THIS (a blameless life) - will never be shaken." (vs. 5b)

1 Peter 1:15-16 NIV

But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you dofor it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Hebrews 4:15-16 NIV

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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