Tuesday's Bible Study, December 22, 2020 - What Will It Take?

   Greetings Diligent Seekers,

Tuesday's message was a series of reflective questions on what will it take to get back to that first love encounter or have we become satisfied/stagnant with the state of our current relationship with Jesus?  Only you can determine the answer and respond with whole-hearted obedience.  Sometimes asking the hard questions is the turning point in our journey.

  

God Bless!

Scripture References & Highlights

Message Scriptures:

• Luke 5:1-11, 12-14, 27-31, 36-39
• vs. 1 - What will it take to come close?
• vs. 4-5, What will it take to go a little deeper again because Jesus says so? 
  
  
  
• vs. 6-8, What will it take to be astonished, in awe or in wonder of Jesus again?  What will it take?
• vs. 9-10, When was the last time you were awestruck just over Jesus?
• vs. 11, What will it take to drop everything and follow Jesus?
• vs. 13-14, Jesus is willing, are we?  Am I willing to be a living testimony for others?
• vs. 27-28, Here we see an example of Matthew leaving everything to follow Jesus.  
• vs.  36-39, What will it take to do away with the old and walk into the new?
• Isaiah 43:14-22
• What will it take or have we stopped asking?
• Have we become weary and tired waiting in His Presence?
• Do we hunger for it like in times of old?
• Matt 5:6
• hunger and thirst for righteousness (justice)
• Psalm 11:3-7
• God exposes the heart
• Matt 7:11, Luke 11:5-13
• God knows how to give good gifts (the gift of Holy Spirit)
• 1 Cor. 9:24-27
• live a disciplined life lest I be disqualified

 Nuggets for the Week

• We used to sing... Release the fullness of Your Spirit. Shekinah glory come. Shekinah glory come.  Release the fullness of Your Spirit. Shekinah glory come.  Shekinah glory come.
• Have we lost our hunger?

Reflections

• What will it take to drop everything and follow Jesus?
• Are we still doing old things?  Looking for Jesus in old familiar ways?
• Have we searched to find new things or ways about Jesus in 2020?
• Are we satisfied with our relationship with the Lord this year?
• If not, what are we going to do differently in 2021 to ensure a fresh, new encounter?
  
  

 Key Takeaway for the Body 

• What will it take?
• Oh, that we might know the LORD!  Let us press on to know Him.  He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.  Hosea 6:3 NLT
• And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.  Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV
• Whole-hearted obedience

Prayer Time

In your times of prayer this week (9am,12noon, and 6pm) we encourage you to include the following scriptures located below and in the article 7 Verses and 7 Prayers for your Pastor/

Ephesians 1:17-19, 3:16-17

Philippians 1:9-11

Colossians 1:10-12

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