Luke 10:38-42

Big Idea:  We are called to pursue intimacy with God as our #1 priority!

This is NOT a call of duty - This is a call of opportunity.

3 Keys to lasting intimacy:

1 - Intentional Listening 

John 5:19-20

Be intentional if you are going to be intimate.

2 - Fight Distractions

We fight distractions for the benefit of the relationship!

Facts about distractions - 

• Distractions can worry and upset us 

• Distractions can cause contention & bitterness

“Because what you give your attention to is the person you become. Put another way: the mind is the portal to the soul, and what you fill your mind with will shape the trajectory of your character. In the end, your life is no more than the sum of what you gave your attention to.” - John Mark Comer

“What we give our mind's attention to, gets our heart's affection.” -G Connor Salter

Common Distractions:

• Success (2 Timothy 2:4)

• Information (Ecclesiastes 12:12)

• Noise (Psalm 46:10)

How does one fight distractions?

• Purge the problem

• Pursue the priority

Matthew 6:33

3 - Intimacy is chosen and can never be stolen

Luke 10:42

James 4:8

John 10:10

Response:

• Commit to pursuing intimacy

• Aggressively fight distractions

• Be so incredibly intimate with God that people will ask you to share your story

DISCOVERY BIBLE STUDY

► This week's Passage: Luke 22:39-46

► Connection questions:

1. What are you thankful for?

2. What is a challenge you are facing?

3. How did you do with last week’s “I will” statement?

► Have at least one member of the group restate the passage in their own words

► Individual answers to five questions:

1. What stands out to you?

2. What does this passage tell us about people?

3. What does this passage tell us about God?

4. Based on the passage, what is one thing I could do differently starting now and what would happen if I did? (each person commits to their action for one week using an “I will…” statement)

5. Who are you going to tell about what you discovered? (each person commits to having that conversation before the next meeting)