1.)  What are some of the blessings of knowing that God Himself is your Father, spiritually speaking?  That is, that you are actually, not just figuratively, a part of the family of God, brothers and sisters of Jesus (see Romans 8:29-30)?  

2.) What do people tend to place their hope in?  Why, in the end, is placing our hope in anything in this world a "dead hope"?  Why can Peter say, that as Christians, we have been born into a "living hope"?

3.)  Read Ephesians 1:3-14.  What are some of the "spiritual blessings" we have in Christ?  

4.)  What does it mean that we are co-heirs WITH Christ?    Hint: think of the Kingdom He has been promised to receive (Psalm 2; Philippians 2) and will one day establish on the earth.  How should this motivate you to live even now?

5.) What stirs in your heart when you reflect on the fact that God Himself is guarding this inheritance for you AND He is guarding YOU for your inheritance?