Memory Verse for the Week: Proverbs 13:4 (ESV)

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

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Intro: If productivity is what we do, diligence is why we do it …

PASSION & HEART
What is diligence? How do we see it in the LORD and how does He tie it to blessing?

WARPED PASSIONS OR EFFORT
What is its opposite? And what are typical obstacles to diligence?

A DILIGENT, LOVING SAVIOR
How has Jesus worked diligently for us? And why does that matter?

YOU CAN PRAY WITH US …

1. Worship the LORD that He is the most passionate Person that is. Praise Him, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, that He has worked, continues to work, and will work with the most love and effort to give us all we have.

2. How have you lived either indifferently (you don’t care) or passionately, yet for your own selfish purposes? Confess your lack of diligence to Jesus, asking Him to forgive you and change your heart by His life-giving power.

3. Give thanks to Jesus for His love and work to rescue us from our own disastrous selfishness. Thank Him that as our elder brother He did what no one else would do, especially interested, with extra concern.

4. Who do you know that struggles with diligence? Pray for them, asking the Lord to open their eyes and inflame their heart to Him and His good design.

5. Ask the Holy Spirit to bear in you His fruit of love and joy. Pray for His work to animate your passions and your efforts in whatever you do, mindful that Jesus has labored joyfully first for you to transform all your labors.

Looking Back

The Facilitator is a study tool designed to help you engage with the weekly sermon through the five elements we incorporate in our Community Groups; Get Acquainted & Sharing, Sermon Study, Mission, Worship and Prayer. This tool will be made available Monday morning to give us the opportunity to look back at what we heard on Sunday.