5.29.22 Huddle
Intro Question: What are some things you do to rest and recharge?
Lesson Intro:
Sometimes life seems to pile on bad things after bad things. This week, Pastor Bret gives practical advice on how to stay focused on the ultimate things to find hope when life seems to be hopeless.
Read and Discuss:
1 Peter 1:3-9, 13
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
- What were some of the trials that the people Peter was writing to were facing?
- How did they find hope in the future, ultimate things while dealing with their present pain?
- What are some trials you are currently facing?
- How can you find hope in the midst of the trials you are facing?
- What are some ways you could find hope in the ultimate things and not the temporal things by…
- …studying the Bible?
- …spending time in prayer?
- …by getting engaged with your church community?
- How might doing these things help rest and recharge your soul?
Challenge Question:
- Pick one of those three disciplines, and come up with a specific plan about how you can implement that in your life this week. When will you do it? How long? Who will ask you about whether you did it or not?
Memory Verse:
1 Peter 1:6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
Closing prayer:
Pray for those who are hurting this week in the aftermath of the school shooting. Pray for those who are being misused and abused. Pray for those who are hurting, overlooked, and outcast. Pray that the Lord would give you opportunities this week to share His hope with them.