This is the third message in the iServe series and brings the challenge to translate our growing conviction that we are living in the last days into a greater zeal for serving Christ. If the time is short, then it's time for us to "bring it".

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Serving as if the
clock is
ticking…
because it is.1 Peter 4:7-11

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1 Peter 4
7 The end of all things is at hand;
therefore be self-controlled and sober-
minded for the sake of your
prayers. 8 Above all, keep loving one
another earnestly, since love covers a
multitude of sins.

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1 Peter 4
9 Show hospitality to one another
without grumbling. 10 As each has
received a gift, use it to serve one
another, as good stewards of God's
varied grace:

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1 Peter 4
11 whoever speaks, as one who
speaks oracles of God; whoever serves,
as one who serves by the strength that
God supplies—in order that in
everything God may be glorified through
Jesus Christ. To him belong glory
and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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First Point
Working back from the
end changes your attitude
and approach to life.

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7 The end of all things is at hand;
therefore be self-controlled and sober-
minded for the sake of your prayers.
ἐγγίζω (En-gid-zo)
approaches; draws near

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James A. Lovell, Jr.
Command Module Pilot
Apollo 8
Commander
Apollo 13

11. Phosphorous Trail

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“You never know
what events will
transpire to get
you home.”

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Joel 2
1b for the day of the LORD is coming;
it is near, 2a a day of darkness and
gloom, a day of clouds and thick
darkness!

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Zephaniah 1
15 That day will be a day of God’s
anger, a day of distress and
hardship, a day of devastation and
ruin, a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and dark skies…

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Matthew 24
6 And you will hear of wars and
rumors of wars. See that you are
not alarmed, for this must take
place, but the end is not yet.

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Matthew 24
7 For nation will rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom, and
there will be famines and earthquakes
in various places. 8 All these are but
the beginning of the birth pains.

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…therefore be self-controlled and
sober-minded
Σωφρονέω / Sōphronéō
Of sound mind; having sound
judgment.

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…therefore be self-controlled and
sober-minded
νήφω/ nāphō
sober; not drunk; sober-minded

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Second Point
Looking forward to the
end increases our love for
one another.

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1 Peter 4
8 Above all, keep loving one another
earnestly, since love covers a
multitude of sins. 9 Show hospitality
to one another without grumbling.

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8 Above all, keep loving one another
earnestly, since love covers a multitude of
sins.
ἐκτενής / ek-ten-ās
Unceasing activity normally involving a
degree of intensity and perseverance.

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9 Show hospitality to one another without
grumbling.
Φιλόξενος/ Philoxenos
Showing love to strangers

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Third Point
Living in the end spurs us
on to serve one another
and glorify God.

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1 Peter 4
10 As each has received a gift, use it to
serve one another, as good stewards of
God's varied grace: 11a whoever speaks,
as one who speaks oracles of God;
whoever serves, as one who serves by
the strength that God supplies—

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10 As each has received a gift, use it
to serve one another, as good
stewards of God's varied grace.
Οἰκονόμος / oiko-nomos
Οἰκος = House νόμος =
Law

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1 Peter 4
11b –in order that in everything God
may be glorified through Jesus
Christ. To him belong glory
and dominion forever and ever.
Amen.

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