1. To Encourage You Pastor Nathan Weller March 3, 2019
Series: Conclusions

3. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
--1 Peter 5.11 NIV

5. our needs are both satisfied in Jesus
All our desires and
our needs are both satisfied in Jesus

7. 12 With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful
brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and
testifying that this is the true grace of God.
Stand fast in it.13 She who is in Babylon, chosen together
with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark.
14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of
you who are in Christ.
--1 Peter NIV

9. Jesus gives us grace

11. “A married woman in Atlanta with two small children told me
recently she was certain that God was disappointed with her
because she wasn’t “doing anything” for Him. She told me she felt called to a soup kitchen ministry but struggled with leaving her
children in someone else’s care. She was shocked when I told her
the call was not from God but from her own ingrained legalism.
Being a good mother wasn’t enough for her; in her mind, neither
was it good enough for God.”
--Brennan Manning--

13. ...the true grace of God.
--1 Peter 5.12 NIV

15. Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is love
Who ever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heav’n He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart… (cont’d)
(--Before the Throne of God v 1-2--)

16. When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end of all my sin
Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the Just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
--Before the Throne of God v 1-2--

18. 21 This includes you who were once far away from God.
You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts
and actions. 22 Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through
the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he
has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and
blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.
--Colossians 1:21-22

20. ...this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
--1 Peter 5.12 NIV

22. Jesus shows us unimaginable love

24. --1 Peter 5.13-14 NIV 13 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with
you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark.
14 Greet one another with a kiss of love.
--1 Peter NIV

26. We love because he first loved us.
--1 John 4.19 ESV

28. --1 Peter 1.8 NIV 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,
--1 Peter 1.8 NIV

30. --Romans 5.8 NIV But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us
--Romans 5.8 NIV

32. --1 Peter 4.8 NIV Above all, love each other deeply, because love
covers over a multitude of sins.
--1 Peter 4.8 NIV

34. “It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict,
God's job to judge and my job to love.”
--Billy Graham--

36. Peace is found in Jesus

38. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.
--1 Peter 5.14b NIV

40. all this and be very pleased. No, not just pleased—impressed.
“I was disappointed at first, but I decided, unconsciously, that I would simply compete in a new area. I would empty bedpans better than anyone else and I would show my organizational skills and seriousness in ways that would be noticed and would eventually lead me out of the dormitories and back into the conference rooms. And God would see
all this and be very pleased. No, not just pleased—impressed.
And that’s exactly what I did. And that’s exactly how it worked out—except for the ‘impressed’ part. But what I learned in the process was that, in matters that counted, I was not more accomplished than most,
I was less so. In fact, I was impaired, more impaired than… (cont’d)

41. Sister Brigit smiles—the first time I have ever seen her smile. “And
…most of the people I was assigned to care for. They already knew what I didn’t. They knew that they were not impressive. That had been made very clear to them.
In fact, some knew that society saw them as a burden....” Emotion is returning to Sister Brigit’s voice. “Others, like your sister Judy, are protected from this realization. It seems not to occur to them that they are anything but likeable—and valuable—just as they assume, unless proven otherwise, that everyone is as likeable and valuable as they are.”
Sister Brigit smiles—the first time I have ever seen her smile. “And
I think that is how God wants all of us to think about… (cont’d)

42. …ourselves and about others. ‘Hello, I am a child of my Father, the
King. I see that you are too. What’s up?’” I want both to laugh and to
cry. “Child of the King” is a cliché from my churchy youth that has been empty of anything attractive until just this moment... And yet, coming from Sister Brigit—a woman untainted by sentimentality and too smart
to easily dismiss—these words call up a longing from the deepest recesses of my heart.”
--Daniel Taylor, Do We Not Bleed? —

44. I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord
--Philippians 3.8 ESV

46. With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful brother,
I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and
testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.
--1 Peter 5.12 NIV

48. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
--1 Peter 5.11 NIV

50. To Encourage You Pastor Nathan Weller March 3, 2019
Series: Conclusions