Review - The 7-Step Process
• Step 1: Prepare Your Zeal
• Step 2: Ignite Your Zeal
The 7-Step Process
• Step 3: Fuel Your Zeal
– Was Peter’s initial zeal mature? (Mt. 26:35;
26:51; Mk. 8:31-33)
– How did Christ help Peter to fuel his zeal?
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Courage (Mt. 14:26)
Wisdom (Mt. 16:23; 26:51-52)
Diligence (Jn. 21:19)
Energy (Mt. 26:41)
Loving Service (Jn. 13:8ff)
The 7-Step Process
• Step 4: Protect Your Zeal
– What did Jesus do to prepare Peter for his
challenges? (Lk. 22:31-34)
– How can our zeal be protected from trials and
temptations?
• Warnings (1 Pet. 5:8; 2 Tim. 2:22; 1 Pet. 2:11)
• Prayers of brethren
The 7-Step Process
• Step 5: Use Your Zeal
– What Peter do when he overcame his
challenges? (Acts 2)
– Mt. 5:15
The 7-Step Process
• Step 6: Spread Your Zeal
– Did Peter limit his zeal to Pentecost?
– God uses zealous people to accomplish
incredible things for His glory.
– What if there are no zealous people?
The 7-Step Process
• Step 7: Tend Your Zeal
– Consider the maturation of Peter’s zeal in the
NT.
– Why did his zeal mature in this way?
– Building our zeal is a continuous process that
needs constant attention.
– Consider Heb. 12:1