Be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray

1 Peter 4:7-11

The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

Why?

The end of all things is near, it means the end of the world is near. So we should 1)love each other, and 2)offer hospitality to one another 3)without grumbling.

Be alert and of sober mind so that we may pray to the Lord and know how to face this world.

We have received the gift from the Lord, so we can serve others. Speak: the very words of God. Serve: do with the strength God provides.

All of our serving may be praised through Jesus Christ.

The love covers over a multitude of sins. For we are sinners without the love of the Lord we can do anything/

How?

I am nothing, but the Lord, and Jesus Christ be praised forever.