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The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.

1 PETER 4:7

CALL TO PRAYER

PRAYER is the first and most important thing we can do as believers yet tends to be the first thing we neglect to do.

“WE’D RATHER DO THINGS FOR GOD THAN SPEND TIME WITH GOD.” 

Most Christians view prayer as “something I SHOULD do”, rather than “something I GET to do”. 

It would of course be a rather low-voltage spiritual life in which prayer was chiefly undertaken as a discipline, rather than as a way of co-laboring with God to accomplish good things and advance His kingdom purposes.” 

Dallas Willard

WE MISS OUT ON THE POWER OF PRAYER WHEN WE SEE IT AS A CHORE.

5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

MATTHEW 6:5-6

Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

MATTHEW 6:1

JESUS MODELED CONSISTENT, PERSISTENT, AND INTIMATE PRAYER.

After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.

MATTHEW 14:23

It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

LUKE 6:12 

In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.

MARK 1:35

PRAYER IS RELATIONAL

“Prayer is conversing, communicating with God.”

Dallas Willard

“It is criminal for people to gather together in the name of a God they don’t talk to.”

DR. MATTHEW STEVENSON

“Prayer is not the thing. God is the thing and you get to Him through prayer.”

JON TYSON

9 Pray then like this:

“Our Father in heaven,

MATTHEW 6:9

It was very unusual for the Jews of that day to call God “Father” because it was considered too intimate. It is true that God is the mighty sovereign God of the universe who created, governs, and will judge all things – but He is also to us a Father.

David Guzik

PRAYER IS SPIRITUAL WARFARE

“You are in a spiritual battle. If you are ignorant or ignore that fact, you probably aren’t winning the battle.”

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

EPHESIANS 6:12

“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.”

C.S. LEWIS, Screwtape Letters

12 Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer. 13 But for twenty-one days the spirit prince[c] of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels,[d] came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia.[e] 14 Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.”

DANIEL 10:12-14 

The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

JAMES 5:16 

PRAYER IS WHAT KEEP US GOING

Cast your burden on the Lord,

    and he will sustain you;

he will never permit

    the righteous to be moved.

PSALM 55:22

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
     nor be weary when reproved by him.

7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

HEBREWS 12:1-11

There is a danger that you will mis-live - that despite all your activity, despite all the pleasant diversions you might have enjoyed while alive, you will end up living a bad life. There is, in other words, a danger that when you are on your deathbed, you will look back and realize that you wasted your one chance at living. Instead of spending your life pursuing something genuinely valuable, you squandered it because you allowed yourself to be distracted by the various baubles life has to offer.

WILLIAM IRVINE

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

HEBREWS 12:1

GOD HAS A RACE FOR ME TO RUN

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. 27

1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-27

7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

GALATIANS 5:7

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 TIMOTHY 4:7

GOD’S RACE FOR ME REQUIRES TRAINING

2-4 Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

JAMES 1:2-4

13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

JAMES 1:13-15

GOD USES PAIN TO TRAIN US // THE ENEMY USES PAIN TO TEMPT US

3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 

ROMANS 5:3-4

TRAINED FOR ENDURANCE // TEMPTED TO COMPARISON

“Comparison is the thief of joy”

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Endurance: bearing hardship; STAYING POWER.

TRAINED FOR CHARACTER // TEMPTED TO CORRUPTION

Character: conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.

Corruption: dishonesty

TRAINED FOR HOPE // TEMPTED TO FEAR

“FEAR IS FAITH IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.”

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, 

“THROW OFF” (SANCTIFICATION)

“LOOK UP” (ABIDING)

“RUN WITH” (COMMUNITY)

2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

ROMANS 5:2-5 

“Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven. 2 When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get. 3 But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 4 Give your gifts in private, and your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

5 “When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. 6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you…

16 “And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get. 17 But when you fast, comb your hair[d] and wash your face. 18 Then no one will notice that you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in private. And your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

MATTHEW 6:1-6 & 16-18 

THE PAIN OF SECRECY.

“As believers, we are a part of an upside down Kingdom. Instead of making sure everybody sees the best parts of our lives and then hiding or masking away the worst parts of us; we are called to bring to light the worst parts of us through CONFESSION and hide the best parts of us through HUMILITY.”

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” - The Chautauquan

“Hate is just as good as love. I’d rather someone hate me than not know who I am.” - Burberry Erry

WE ALL HAVE A DESIRE TO BE GREAT.

“I’M ONLY GREAT IF SOMEONE CARES.” - The Enemy

“GREATNESS IS ACHIEVED WHEN YOU ARE SEEN, VALUED, AND APPLAUDED BY PEOPLE.” The World

“What else is the praises of men but a little stinking breath? These have their reward.” - TRAPP 

20 Then the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus with her sons. She knelt respectfully to ask a favor. 21 “What is your request?” he asked.

She replied, “In your Kingdom, please let my two sons sit in places of honor next to you, one on your right and the other on your left.”

22 But Jesus answered by saying to them, “You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink?”

“Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!”

23 Jesus told them, “You will indeed drink from my bitter cup. But I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my left. My Father has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen.”

24 When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant. 25 But Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. 26 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. 28 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

MATTHEW 20:20-28

GREATNESS IS ACHIEVED BY SERVING

“God is not trying to move you from greatness to servanthood. He wants to move you TO greatness THROUGH servanthood.” - Pastor Josh

“Anybody can be great because anybody can serve.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

GREATNESS IS MOTIVATED BY WHAT GOD SEES, NOT WHAT PEOPLE SEE

SERVE GOD IN SECRET

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time

1 PETER 5:6

GREATER LEVELS OF GREATNESS REQUIRE GREATER LEVELS OF HUMILITY

THE GREATNESS WE CRAVE IS MET BY BEING SEEN, VALUED, KNOW, AND APPLAUDED BY GOD.

NO PAIN, NO GAIN

Endure: suffer (something difficult or painful) patiently; to remain in existence…

2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

ROMANS 5:2-5

PAIN IS THE NORMAL AND NECESSARY PROCESS WE GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO GAIN GOD’S BEST.

Most every Christian wants to develop character and have more hope. These qualities spring out of perseverance, which comes through tribulation. We may wish to have better character and more hope without starting with tribulation, but that isn’t God’s pattern and plan. I would rather have God just sprinkle perseverance and character and hope on me as I sleep. I could wake up a much better Christian! But that isn’t God’s plan for me or for any Christian.

Therefore we say – soberly, reverently – we say about tribulation, “Lord, bring it on. I know you love me and carefully measure every trial and have a loving purpose to accomplish in every tribulation. Lord, I won’t seek trials and search out tribulation, but I won’t despise them or lose hope when they come. I trust Your love in everything You allow.”

GUZIK

MATURITY IS NOT OUTWARD APPEARANCE; IT’S A CONDITION OF THE HEART.

19 But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us, 20 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” 21 And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord. 22 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey their voice and make them a king.” Samuel then said to the men of Israel, “Go every man to his city.”

1 SAMUEL 8:19-22 

There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth. 2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

1 SAMUEL 9:1-2

“We are surrounded by adult men who, in actuality, are nothing more than teenagers, still trying to find their way, hurting and abusing those around them, all while thinking it’s some kind of amusing game.” 

JON TYSON

12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!

13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.

14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. 

HEBREWS 5:12-14

SPIRITUAL BABIES VS. SPIRITUAL TEACHERS

1. Babies need to be fed, teachers can feed themselves
2. Babies can’t handle meat, teachers can handle tough truth
3. Babies can’t handle discomfort; teachers experience discomfort but have an understanding that it will eventually pass
4. Babies have zero concern for others, a teacher’s main focus is serving others
5. Babies have no ability to discern, teachers can discern what’s right and wrong; what’s beneficial

THE ONLY REQUIREMENT FOR MATURITY IN CHRIST IS YOUR, “YES.”

6 When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.” 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” 

1 SAMUEL 16:6-7 

11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest,[a] but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers.

1 SAMUEL 16:11-13

12 Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity. 

1 TIMOTHY 4:12

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

PHILIPPIANS 1:6 

“Where is there an instance of God’s beginning any work and leaving it incomplete? Show me for once a world abandoned and thrown aside half formed; show me a universe cast off from the Great Potter’s wheel, with the design in outline, the clay half hardened, and the form unshapely from incompleteness.”

SPURGEON

Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. 4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say,

“The Lord is my helper;
     I will not fear;
 what can man do to me?”

7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 

HEBREWS 13:1-8

SAME FAITH.

THERE’S A CERTAIN FAITH GOD IS INVITING US INTO

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Purchase Intent Increased by 5.2x by Influencers on Twitter 

7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. 

• BEING A DISCIPLE IS NOT AN EASIER LIFE, BUT IS THE BEST LIFE.

“IF YOU ARE BORED WITH YOUR FAITH, I PROMISE GOD BORED WITH YOUR FAITH TOO.” - Jon Tyson

FAITH GOALS:

SACRIFICE

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, 18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 19 He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. 

HEBREWS 11:17-19 

The discipline of sacrifice is one in which we forsake the security of meeting our needs with what is in our hands. It is total abandonment to God, a stepping into the darkened abyss in the faith and hope that God will bear us up.

DALLAS WILLARD

But how nourishing to our faith are the tokens of God’s care in response to our sacrifice. The cautious faith that never saws off the limb on which it is sitting never learns that unattached limbs may find strange, unaccountable ways of not falling.

DALLAS WILLARD

“It’s probably not sacrifice if you FEEL like doing it.”

OBEDIENCE

8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 

HEBREWS 13:5-8

26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. 27 And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers[l] in harmony with God’s own will. 28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[m] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 

ROMANS 8:26-28

SAME SPIRIT

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

26 And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. 

ROMANS 8:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

JOHN 14:2

WE ARE TRYING TO DO A GOD-SIZED JOB WITHOUT GOD-SIZED TOOLS. 

Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts (or tools), especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 

1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-2

For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 

1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-2

MYTH 01. YOU ARE FLUENT FROM THE START

MYTH 02. YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL 

14 For if I pray in tongues, my spirit is praying, but I don’t understand what I am saying.

1 CORINTHIANS 14:14

MYTH 03. YOU WIILL GET A DEMON

11 If a son asks for [e]bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

LUKE 11:11-13

MYTH 04. SOME PEOPLE HAVE IT AND SOME PEOPLE DON’T 

5 Now I want you all to speak in tongues,

1 CORINTHIANS 14:5

Why did Paul wish you all spoke with tongues? No doubt, because he knew the value of it in his own life. Paul was able, when in the spirit he spoke mysteries, to unburden his soul before God in a way beyond human language and intellect. He could pray, praise, and intercede beyond his ability to understand and articulate. Paul wanted every Christian to know this same blessing.

GUZIK

WHEN WE PRAY IN THE SPIRIT, WE ARE BUILT UP

4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, 

1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-2

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. 

EPHESIANS 6:10-18 

WHEN WE PRAY IN THE SPIRIT, WE ARE UNIFIED 

At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. 2 As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia[a] and settled there.

3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) 4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”

5 But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”

GENESIS 11:6(ONE, Unified in vision, community, language) 

“For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples

    to a pure speech,

that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord

    and serve him with one accord.

ZEPHANIAH 3:9 

 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested[a] on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

ACTS 2:1-4

WHEN WE PRAY IN THE SPIRIT, WE PRAY PERFECT PRAYERS 

You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.,

JAMES 4:3

27 And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers[l] in harmony with God’s own will.

ACTS 16:16-34 

It would have been easy for Paul and Silas to escape thinking God provided another miraculous jailbreak. But to them, the lives of others were more important than their own personal freedom and comfort.

In not escaping, they showed tremendous discernment. The circumstances said, “escape.” But love said, “Stay for the sake of this one soul.” They were not guided merely by circumstances, but by what love compelled.

DAVID GUZIK

FREEDOM IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF DIFFICULTY

FREEDOM IS BEING WITH GOD

GOD USES FREEDOM TO: INVITE US INTO RELATIONSHIP

33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. 34 Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.

ACTS 16:33-34

4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

EXODUS 19:3-4

REVEAL WHAT IS REALLY INSIDE US

REFINE WHAT OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE

Search me, O God, and know my heart!

    Try me and know my thoughts![c]

And see if there be any grievous way in me,

    and lead me in the way everlasting![d]

PSALM 139:23-24

GIVE GOD YOUR SUMMER