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THE ANATOMY OF HOPE (24 OF 30)

by Scott Maze

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-6
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The Anatomy of Hope (24 of 30)
Series: Navigating Hope
Scott Maze
1 Peter 4:1-6


Psychologists tell us people want to be known. Some people want to be known for their work as an actor, a singer, or other want to be known as a culinary artist. Others just want to be known. Some people take the need to be known to the extreme. A Jamaican man set a distance record of 23.11 miles in just over twelve hours on June 22, 1997. With a POGO STICK. Ashrita also holds the Guinness World Records for brick carrying and underwater rope jumping are some of his other records. Rob and Joe from California made the world largest skateboard. It measures over 36 feet in length with wheels that are almost nine feet in width! By comparison, the Chevrolet Suburban is around nineteen feet long. Eric from Sweden was able to keep nine yo-yo's spinning at once. And Nick from New York drank 46 once ketchup at a local community college while friends watched. He calls himself the ''Human Ketchup Drinking Machine.''

How others view us is a powerful motivator. For example, I don't wear certain clothes in order to be seen as fashionable. Most of us all are powerfully motivated by ensuring others will be like us. Today, I want to talk with about how to find pleasure. I want to talk with you about how your known and the pleasure we find by being known. We find great pleasure by going with the flow. We find great pleasure by not standing out in the crowd. Yet, I contend that the greatest pleasure is not found in what others think of me, but I find my greatest joy... Our greatest pleasure in God Himself. Be Resolved to find Your Greatest Pleasure in Jesus Christ Despite Opposition for You will Give an Account of Your Life.

''Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time ...

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