What Do We Do Now?

2 Peter 1:1-10

What are we to do as Christians if we lose favor in our culture?

As we take uncertain days, here is what I would do if I were you.

Make Sure You Are with God

• Make sure of your salvation –  2 Peter 1:10
• Confess any unconfessed sin –  1 John 1:8-10
• Totally surrender to His will –  Romans 12:1
• Develop a daily prayer life –  Luke 11:1-13
• Develop a Bible reading schedule –  2 Timothy 3:16  |  Colossians 2:8

Determine to Do What God Has Called You to Do

• Personally

Ephesians 5:25  |  Colossians 3:19  |  Ephesians 5:22  |  Colossians 3:18  |  Ephesians 6:1  |  Colossians 3:20  |  Ephesians 6:5  |  Colossians 3:22  |  Titus 3:1  |  1 Peter 2:13-17  |  Matthew 5:43-46  |  Romans 12:17-18

• In ministry

Hebrews 10:23-25  |  Acts 2:42  |  Acts 20:7  |  Matthew 18:20  |  James 5:16  |  2 Timothy 2:1-3

Be When Needed to Help Anyone in Your Community

• John told his followers – love your neighbors –  Luke 3:8-14
• Jesus told us how to prepare for tough times –  Luke 16:1-9

Galatians 6:6-9  |  Luke 10:29-37

Don’t Preach God’s Moral Principles, Them

• Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves –  Matthew 10:16
• Don’t judge or condemn love everyone –  Luke 6:35-37
• Shine as lights in darkness –  Philippians 2:14-16
• Display the fruit of the spirit –  Galatians 5:22-23

Expect the World Around You to Wax and Worse

2 Timothy 3:13-14  |  1 Timothy 4:1  |  2 Peter 3:3  |  Hebrews 10:30

Trust God and Do

Romans 12:19  |  Jeremiah 29:7  |  Ephesians 5:18-21