SERIES: GODLY LIVING IN A FOREIGN WORLD
MESSAGE: Your Life: Living With the End in Mind
TEXT: 1 Peter 4:7–11
MESSAGE BY: Pastor Tim Lewis 

1. Prioritize prayer (V. 7)
- Refuse to be distracted. (1 Thes. 5:1–8)
- Pursue spiritual discernment. (2 Pet. 3:11)
- Questions
- What on Earth are you here for?
- Why on Earth are you here?
- Why has God left you here?
- What is it that you can do that no one else can do
- What is the mission for your life?
- What is the mission for our church?
- What place does prayer have in your life?
(Eph. 6:18; 1 Thes. 5:17; John 15:7; Zech. 13:9)

2. Fervently love (V. 8)
- Don’t let your love grow cold. (Rev. 2:2–5)
- Let love do its work in your life. (Prov. 10:12)
- Questions
- How can I love others if I am not in love with the Lord?
- How can I love others when they are wrong?
- Do you need others to love you?
- What hinders us from loving? (1 John 4:7–12)
- Demonstrate Christian hospitality (V. 9)
- Welcome others into your life and home.

3. Don’t complain about serving. (3 John 5–11)
- Welcome others into your life and home.
- Don’t complain about serving. (3 John 5-11)
- Questions
- Do you welcome others into your life?
- Are you meeting needs with love?Do you have genuine friendships?
- Do you have a gracious spirit?
- What is the motive of your giving?

4. Serve one another as good stewards (V. 10)
- God has given you grace to serve others.
- Put His gifts to work in your life.
- Questions:
- How has God gifted you?
- How are you serving now?
- What hinders you from serving the Lord?

5. Do all things for the Glory of God in Jesus (V. 11)
- Do your best.
- Live seriously.
- Be real.
- Be dependent on God.
- Questions:
- Are you living for God’s glory?
- Are you giving Him the best of your life?
- What will He say to you when your life is finished on Earth?