Complacency

SoulSearching Sunday~Creation

12:00 AM

Sunday, July 8, 2018



Week Twenty-seven

Welcome!  We pray that you have all had a precious time worshipping the Lord this morning!  Below you will find some thought provoking questions that will provide you a starting point to your journal writing to complete this week.  We hope that you will find this time soul satisfying!

Our reading this week was Isaiah 5 - 35...

 1. Reflect on each of the names of Jesus listed here. When have you encountered Him in each of these ways? What other adjectives describe your relationship with the LORD?

 For a Child is born to us, a Son is given to us. And the government will rest on His shoulders. These will be His royal titles: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)

 2. Consider God’s creation. What is most amazing to you about what He has made? In view of God’s supreme purposes in designing the universe and our lives, what can you do to honor His handiwork?

 Should the thing that was created say to the One who made it, “He didn’t make us”? Does a jar ever say, “The potter who made me is stupid”? (Isaiah 29:16)

 3. When has security or a steady routine made you complacent? What was your wake-up call? How can you shake your complacency and move toward complete trust in God and His faithfulness today by doing something totally different?

 Listen, you women who lie around in lazy ease…In a short time - in just a little more than a year - you careless ones will suddenly begin to care. (Isaiah 32:9,10)

Ecclesiastes

SoulSearching Sunday~Power of Love

12:00 AM

Sunday, July 1, 2018


Week Twenty-six

Welcome!  We pray that you have all had a precious time worshipping the Lord this morning!  Below you will find some thought provoking questions that will provide you a starting point to your journal writing to complete this week.  We hope that you will find this time soul satisfying!

Our reading this week was Ecclesiastes 1 - Isaiah 4...

 1. What does it mean to have “eternity planted in the human heart”? When do you sense that truth in yourself? Beauty? Pain? Longing? As you worship, enjoy the eternal meaning, significance, and joy that comes from God alone.

 God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

 2. When has anger caused you to act foolishly? In what areas, situations, or even times of day do you tend to have a short fuse? How can you remind yourself to see God in a way that honors Him when you face these situations?

 Don’t be quick-tempered, for anger is the friend of fools. (Ecclesiastes 7:9)

 3. Remember a time when you felt the power of love. Human love can be strong, but the love of a heavenly Father is stronger still. How do you feel when you ponder the nail prints in Jesus’ hand and feet? Worship God as you contemplate His amazing love for you.

 Place me like a seal over your heart, or like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, and its jealousy is as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame. Many waters cannot quench love; neither can rivers drown it. (Song of Songs 8:6,7) 

 Happy 4th of July everyone! Enjoy!

iWorship Bible

SoulSearching Sunday~Prioritize

12:00 AM

Sunday, June 24, 2018


Week Twenty-five

Welcome!  We pray that you have all had a precious time worshipping the Lord this morning!  Below you will find some thought provoking questions that will provide you a starting point to your journal writing to complete this week.  We hope that you will find this time soul satisfying!

Our reading this week was Proverbs 21 - 31...

 1. What are your priorities? How could you change your daily activities to align them with God’s priorities of godliness and love? Ask God to help you put first things first. Meditate on His promise that “life, godliness, and honor” will follow.

 Whoever pursues godliness and unfailing love will find life, godliness, and honor. (Proverbs 21:21)

 2. List things that you don’t understand about God. For which questions would you be able to find answers? Which questions require submission and trust? Humbly praise God for His unsearchable greatness and His mysterious and wonderful ways.

 Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in His fists? Who wraps up the oceans in His cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is His name-and His Son’s name? Tell me if you know! Every Word of God proves true. He defends all who come to Him for protection. (Proverb 30:4-5)

 3. What people do you regularly encounter who could be described as poor and helpless? In what ways could you speak up for them? How do you feel when you consider the fact that service to others is service to God Himself?

 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those who are perishing. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice. (Proverbs 31:8,9)


Daily Seeking God

SoulSearching Sunday~Seek and Patience

12:00 AM

Sunday, June 17, 2018


Week Twenty-four

Welcome!  We pray that you have all had a precious time worshipping the Lord this morning!  Below you will find some thought provoking questions that will provide you a starting point to your journal writing to complete this week.  We hope that you will find this time soul satisfying!

Our reading this week was Proverbs 10 - 20...

 1. When did you reap the benefits of discipline or correction? How could self-discipline improve your worship habits? What steps can you take to be more disciplined in your relationship with God?

 To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction. (Proverbs 12:1)

 2. What goals and dreams are you currently pursuing? How do they fit in with what you understand of God’s purposes for your life? Ask God to help you worship through a life of plans committed to Him.

 Commit your work to the LORD, and then your plans will succeed. (Proverbs 16:3)

 3. When, recently, did you act without taking enough time to think and to seek God? What happened? What would you have done differently if you had waited on the LORD? Ask God to show you how to offer Him your gifts, time, and energy as a sacrifice of praise.

 Zeal without knowledge is not good; a person who moves too quickly may go the wrong way. (Proverbs 19:2)



iWorship Bible

SoulSearching Sunday~Wisdom

12:00 AM

Sunday, June 10, 2018


Week Twenty-three

Welcome!  We pray that you have all had a precious time worshipping the Lord this morning!  Below you will find some thought provoking questions that will provide you a starting point to your journal writing to complete this week.  We hope that you will find this time soul satisfying!

Our reading this week was Psalm 141 - Proverbs 9... 

 1. What tends to weigh you down and trip you up? When, specifically, did you sense God helping you up or lifting your load? What burden can you put into the LORD’s hands today, trusting Him or the outcome? 

 The LORD helps the fallen and lifts up those bent beneath their loads. (Psalm 145:14)

 2.  Think of a sunrise you watched. Compare the way God’s light dispels the darkness of sin with the way the sun illumines the earth.  Write a prayer of illumination, mentioning specific areas in your life where you need God’s light to shine.

 The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day. (Proverbs 4:18)

 3. How is the fear of God different from the strong negative emotion associated with other fears? In what ways does your knowledge of God affect your fears? Today, claim freedom from your own personal fears as you worship the Holy One.

 Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in understanding. (Proverbs 9:10)


Help

SoulSearching Sunday~Hiding God's Word in our hearts

12:00 AM

Sunday, June 3, 2018


Week Twenty-two

Welcome!  We pray that you have all had a precious time worshipping the Lord this morning!  Below you will find some thought provoking questions that will provide you a starting point to your journal writing to complete this week.  We hope that you will find this time soul satisfying!

Our reading this week was Psalm Psalm 113 - 140...

 1. The Bible is “God-breathed” - the inspired words from our loving heavenly Father. Thus we should fill our hearts and minds with eternal truths from His Word. What is your plan for “hiding” God’s Word in your heart?

 I have tried my best for You - don’t let me wander from your commands. I have hidden Your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against You. Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me your principles. (Psalm 119:10-12)

 2. Where are you tempted to look for help? What can you do to remember that your help comes from the LORD, and Him alone?

 I look up to the mountains - does my help come from there? (Psalm 121:1)

 3. With whom do you have a struggling relationship? Pray for that person and your relationship with him or her. Pray specifically about the next encounter you will have with that person, that it would be honoring and pleasing to God.

 How wonderful it is, how pleasant, when brothers live together in harmony! (Psalm 133:1)