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HOPE IN THE HOME (3 OF 5)

by Central Christian Church of Arizona

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:1-7
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Hope in the Home (3 of 5)
Series: Strained Relationships - Philemon
Cal Jernigan
1 Peter 3:1-7


Big Idea: Nothing more positively influences your home than Godly character.

1) Opening Comments

a) Welcome to all

b) Thanksgiving program
i) All campuses
ii) The tradition of gratitude
iii) Extravagant gratitude is the theme
iv) Campus pastors to preach

c) We are continuing today in our ''Hope in Hard Times'' series

d) Let's pull out...

i) Our Bibles... 1 Peter 3:1-7

ii) Our Journals
(1) Week #2 in your journal
(2) Title: Hope in the Home
(3) Big Idea: Nothing more positively influences your home than Godly character.

2) Setting the Stage

a) To get us started, I want to tell you about a guy...
i) A guy who had a reputation for always being able to catch fish.
ii) Regardless of the time of the year it was, or whether anybody else was catching fish, this man was always managed to come back with a boat load of fish.
iii) His brother in law, who happened to be a Game Warden had always been amazed at the man's success. Better than most, he understood how strange this was.
iv) So, one morning the man agreed to take his brother in law fishing with him.
v) They went to a lake that was known for its poor fishing.
vi) The game warden watched his brother-in-law take the boat out to the middle of the lake and cut the motor off.
vii) The game warden was confused as he noticed that his brother-in-law didn't worry about finding a ledge or brush-pile, or anything like that.
viii) Then instead of getting his rod and reel out, the game warden's brother-in-law pulled a stick of dynamite out of a sack, lit it, and threw it overboard.
ix) A few seconds later, there was a big boom, and almost immediately the surface of the lake was covered with stunned fish.
x) The Game warden couldn't believe what he had just witnessed. He immediately began reciting the fishing laws and regulations to his brother-in-law.
xi) But this didn't seem ...

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