From 4c8c6c1e43028b53f79b61c6b1b7d179b6bc3c99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: r-carroll Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 13:54:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] adding week 5 --- content/posts/2025/winter/week-5.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2025/winter/week-5.md diff --git a/content/posts/2025/winter/week-5.md b/content/posts/2025/winter/week-5.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..334b2cb --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2025/winter/week-5.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: "God’s Love & Our Worship: Honoring the Faithful One" +date: 2025-02-02 +draft: false +--- + +## 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. \ No newline at end of file