Read Psalm 40:4-8. Where do your attitudes and actions tend to get out of alignment with God’s will?
How do David’s words in these verses help realign your heart to be on God’s plan / Godspeed for your life?
Read Psalm 40:1-3. How are you doing with waiting and living on Godspeed?
Do you feel overwhelmed by options?
Do you feel burdened by impossible demands?
Do you frequently desire to be more then you are?
Weave your answers together to worship God and get on His speed for your life?
Matthew lays out high standards for listening and for treatment.
Can you adapt to those levels?
Read Romans 12:18 and Matthew 5:23-24.
There really should be no limit and no counting. What limits do you think you can change?
Read Luke 6:27-28, Romans 12:18, and Luke 6:35-36.
Forgiving someone you love can be easy, how about someone you don't love?
Why should we forgive? Read Psalm 32:1, Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14-15, and Proverbs 17:9.
Is forgiving a two-way street?
Why is this a dangerous approach to forgiving?
How should we forgive? Read Ephesians 4:32 and Matthew 10:8.
Is there a single word that sums up these scriptures?
Is there someone you can forgive today?
Problems give us the opportunity to see God’s glory and power.
Read 1 Chronicles 29:11-13. How does this passage of God’s Word speak into your stable of problems?
What comfort do you take away from this passage?
The Prophet Jeremiah saw enough problems to fill 1,000 lives.
Not only did he survive this he was a powerful instrument in God’s hand.
Read Jeremiah 32:26-27. What is the seemingly unsolvable problem in your life?
Take heart in God’s word to Jeremiah because they are also spoken to you as a follower of Jesus.
God is continually working in our lives, shaping us so that we look more like Jesus.
We call this work in our lives, sanctification. The word “sanctify” means to set apart for holy use.
That is what God wants to do in your life. Read John 17:17.
What does God use to sanctify you?
How is the Word getting into your life?