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Prepared Minds, Pure Hearts

08/21/2022 | By Jim Burgen

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Have you ever wondered what makes Christians different than everyone else? We’re all human and we all go through struggles, but sometimes it can feel like people who claim to follow Jesus are just hypocritics. We’re diving back into 1 Peter and we’ll hear from Jim as he teaches us what living like a follower of Jesus actually looks like.

SETLIST

  1. Already Won  by Flatirons Music
  2. There's Nothing Our God Can't Do by Passion
    Available on "There's Nothing Our God Can't Do (Live)" from sixsteprecords/Sparrow Records
  3. Another In The Fire by Hillsong UNITED
    Available on “As You Find Me (Live) – Single” from Hillsong Church
  4. Deliverer by North Point Worship
    Available on "Our God Will See Us Through (Live)" from Centricity Music
  5. You’re Gonna Be Ok by Bethel Music
    Available on “Peace, Vol. II” from Bethel Music

Group Questions

  1. We are “redeemed” (saved) when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. At that

    same time, we are “justified” – made as righteous as Jesus in God’s eyes. Sanctification is what takes place during our earthly existence; we become more like Jesus through our obedience to what he has taught. So far, Jim has taught us 3 areas that help us be more like Jesus: God’s Word, Trials, and the Pursuit of Holiness. How do these aid in our becoming more like Jesus here on earth?

  2. In I Peter 1, Peter emphasized walking in hope. He now transitions to walking in holiness. How does hope assist us in pursuing holiness?
    What would impact our pursuit of holiness if there was no hope?

  3. Peter tells us to “prepare our minds” and be sober-minded.? When reworded/translated using the STEP Bible word tool, it would turn into: ‘gird the loins of your minds and be self-controlled and clear-headed’.
    What does it mean to “gird the loins of your minds”. How is that done?

    What does it mean to be clear-headed, and what specific action can we take to become clear-headed?

  4. If you are going to rid yourself of a bad habit or change your behavior, which is easier: simply stopping the behavior or stopping the behavior and putting something in its place?
    Read Philippians 4:8 and discuss how this behavior change concept applies to us being more like Jesus. What does it look like to “think about these things” in our day-to-day existence?

  5. Jim asked the rhetorical question on Sunday, “if you’re not currently the most influential person in your child’s life forming him or her into a fully devoted follower of Jesus...who is? And what are they hoping your child becomes?
    How would you answer those questions?

    If you are the most influential person, how did you accomplish this and how are you maintaining this position?

  6. We have been ransomed from “the futile ways inherited from your forefathers” (v.18) What are some of those ways and why are they futile?

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