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+title: "God’s Love & Our Worship: Honoring the Faithful One"
+date: 2025-02-02
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+---
+
+## Read: 
+[Malachi 1](https://www.bible.com/bible/59/MAL.1.ESV)
+
+## Questions
+1. How have you personally experienced God’s love, even when you didn’t
+deserve it?
+Next Step: Spend time this week thanking God for specific ways He has shown His love to you.
+2. What are some ways people (including ourselves) offer God "half-hearted
+sacrifices" today?
+Next Step: Identify one area of your life where you have been offering God less than your best and
+commit to change this week.
+3. Why do you think God desires our sincere devotion rather than empty rituals?
+Next Step: Be intentional this week about worshiping God with sincerity. Before praying, singing, or
+serving, take a moment to align your heart with God.
+4. In what ways do we sometimes treat worship as a burden rather than a joy?
+Next Step: Reflect on your attitude toward worship and find one way to make it a joy this week (e.g.,
+prepare ahead for Sunday, listen to worship music, or serve in a new way).
+5. What would change in your life if you truly viewed your time, talents, and
+treasures as offerings to God?
+Next Step: Make a specific plan to use your time, talents, or treasures in a way that honors God this
+week.
+6. How can we, as a church, encourage one another toward wholehearted
+worship?
+Next Step: Reach out to one person in your church this week to encourage them in their walk with God.
+
+## Prayer Focus:
+* Individually: Pray for God to reveal areas where you need to give Him your best, and ask for a
+heart of joyful worship.
+* Corporately: Pray that our church would not offer God half-hearted worship but would be a
+people who honor Him with sincerity and passion.
+
+## Next Steps
+Reach out to one person in your church this week to encourage them in their walk with God.