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[James 4:2-4] You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. [3] And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure. [4] You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship wi...

Walking with God isn't _________________.

[Genesis 16:5-6] Then Sarai said to Abram, "This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she's pregnant she treats me with contempt. The LORD will show who's wrong--you or me!" [6] Abram replied, "Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit." Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.

God _________________ finds us.

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[Job 33:14] For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it. The number one reason people don’t hear from God is because they never ____________ and ____________ for His voice. [1 Samuel 3:1-10] Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the Lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon. [2] One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed. [3] T...

God ______________ us to ______________ with Him.

[Micah 6:8] No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Walking with God doesn't just take you somewhere, you become someone ___________________.

[Genesis 5:22-24] After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, ...

[Matthew 6:7] “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. The Lord's Prayer is a _____________________ for prayer, not a prayer for us to repeat over and over. Our Father in Heaven. God wants us to approach Him as our ____________. [John 1:12] But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to be...

God does His best work in what we think is ________________.

[2 Chronicles 33:7-9] Manasseh even took a carved idol he had made and set it up in God's Temple, the very place where God had told David and his son Solomon: "My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem--the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel. [8] If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands--all the laws, decr...

[Job 33:14] For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it. A relationship requires _________ together and _____________________. [Luke 5:16] But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer. God wants us to be His _____________ not His _________. Our relationship with God needs a large ______________ of ________________ time with Him. [Genesis 18:17-19 ISV] “Should I hide from Abraham what I’m about to...

Comparison is the thief of _____________ and the destroyer of ___________________________.

[Psalm 73:1-5] A psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those whose hearts are pure. [2] But as for me, I almost lost my footing. My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone. [3] For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness. [4] They seem to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and stro...

Self-control is doing the right thing ________________ of how you feel in the moment. [Proverbs 13:18 CSB] Poverty and disgrace come to those who ignore discipline, but the one who accepts correction will be honored. A control ______________ tries to control others because they can’t _______________ themselves. [Proverbs 25:28] A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls. The first _______________ you ne...

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[2 Corinthians 9:7] You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.” For God so loved the world, He ____________. If you believe in Gods ability to _____________, it will move you towards generosity. [Philippians 4:19] And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Generosity is the ...

Don't confuse God’s _________________ with God’s _________________.

[Psalm 13:1-3] O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? [2] How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand? [3] Turn and answer me, O LORD my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.

God _________________ you even when you...

[Ecclesiastes 4:9-10] Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. [10] If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. We tend to gravitate towards people who are ____________ ________. Love should be our _____________ attribute. [1 Corinthians 1:1-2, 4-8 NIV] If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resou...

[Isaiah 46:10] Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.

You _____________ do it all because you were never _____________ to.

[Genesis 2:15] The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.

[Genesis 3:19] By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you ...

[Hebrews 11:6] And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him. Faith ____________ God, and God honors faith. [Luke 17:5-6] The apostles said to the Lord, “Show us how to increase our faith.” [6] The Lord answered, “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uproot...

Apart from God we are ____________ enough.

[Romans 3:9-12] Well then, should we conclude that we Jews are better than others? No, not at all, for we have already shown that all people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin. [10] As the Scriptures say, "No one is righteous--not even one. [11] No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. [12] All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not ...

[Psalm 38:3-4] Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins. [4] My guilt overwhelms me—it is a burden too heavy to bear. You can't define your _________ ___________ by what other people think of you. When you don't deal with your baggage, you ___________ it on to others. [Hebrews 12:1-2] Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let...

We are all called to ________________ __________.

[2 Timothy 1:15 ESV] You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

A good friend shows up in the _________________ _________________.

[2 Timothy 1:16-17 ESV] May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, [17] but when he arrived in Rome he searched f...

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