Prayer Requests Guard Your Heart
Prayer Requests
Sermon Notes
September 15, 2013
Guard Your Heart Daniel 1 You can only ___________ the way you respond to the things that you ________ control. The positive: Without physical defect Handsome Intelligent Educated Quick to understand Natural leaders Wealthy
The negative: National security gone Divine security in doubt Diet modification Theological foundation challenged Cultural separation Familial roots severed
The old saying is true: “You have to take the good with the bad.”
Three Secrets of Thriving in a Foreign Land: 1. Never lose _____________. (Daniel 1:2, 9, 17) 2. Resolve ahead of time, what the __________________ of important decisions will be. (Daniel 1:8) • • •
Learn to distinguish between what you _______ like and what God ______________. Learn to choose your battles _____________. Remember the goal is not to ___________ ________ your enemy but to _______ _________ __________.
Conclusion: God’s Word presents truth _____________________ and ______________. SERMON NOTE ANSWER KEY: CONTROL; CAN’T; OPTIMISM; GUARDRAILS; DON’T; DISAPPROVES; WISELY; WIPE OUT; WIN THEM OVER; CONSISTENTLY; CLEARLY; CHANGE; WORLD
3. Remember you woke up this morning to ___________ the ____________. (Daniel 1:9-21)
A recording of the message is available online at www.grace-church.com/sermons
Small Group Questions QUESTIONS FROM YOUR READING: 1. If you haven’t been keeping up with your Route 66 reading, this is a great time to start back up! If you have been reading throughout the summer, share any insights you’ve learned.
2. Make a commitment with your group this week to hold each other accountable in your daily time with the Lord.
QUESTIONS FROM THE WEEKEND: 1. Pastor John talked about two lists. Share with the group something from each of your own lists – the positive and the negative.
2. All of us have been tempted! What are some ways Satan has baited a hook in an attempt to drag you away from your place in God’s family and your purpose in God’s plan?
3. We all have things in our past that if we could do them over we would do differently. If you could travel back in time, what boundaries or guardrails would you tell yourself to be more resolved in?
4. Read Daniel 1:8-21. What did Daniel resolve to do? What risks did Daniel take in making this resolution? How did God honor Daniel because of the resolution he made?
5. Read Proverbs 4:23-27. What does it mean to guard your heart? What are some specific areas Solomon tells us how to guard our heart in these verses?
6. Read Matthew 6:19-24. What are some signs that reveal where your treasure is? How can you guard your heart and ultimately your life from storing up the wrong things?
7. Make a list with your group about things that we have to guard our hearts against. Read these verses as a jumping off point… Matthew 15:17-19 Ephesians 4:26-32 James 3:14-16 Job 31:1 Proverbs 15:13 Matthew 6:25-34
Sermon Notes
September 15, 2013
Guard Your Heart Daniel 1 You can only ___________ the way you respond to the things that you ________ control. The positive: Without physical defect Handsome Intelligent Educated Quick to understand Natural leaders Wealthy
The negative: National security gone Divine security in doubt Diet modification Theological foundation challenged Cultural separation Familial roots severed
The old saying is true: “You have to take the good with the bad.”
Three Secrets of Thriving in a Foreign Land: 1. Never lose _____________. (Daniel 1:2, 9, 17) 2. Resolve ahead of time, what the __________________ of important decisions will be. (Daniel 1:8) • • •
Learn to distinguish between what you _______ like and what God ______________. Learn to choose your battles _____________. Remember the goal is not to ___________ ________ your enemy but to _______ _________ __________.
Conclusion: God’s Word presents truth _____________________ and ______________. SERMON NOTE ANSWER KEY: CONTROL; CAN’T; OPTIMISM; GUARDRAILS; DON’T; DISAPPROVES; WISELY; WIPE OUT; WIN THEM OVER; CONSISTENTLY; CLEARLY; CHANGE; WORLD
3. Remember you woke up this morning to ___________ the ____________. (Daniel 1:9-21)
A recording of the message is available online at www.grace-church.com/sermons
Small Group Questions QUESTIONS FROM YOUR READING: 1. If you haven’t been keeping up with your Route 66 reading, this is a great time to start back up! If you have been reading throughout the summer, share any insights you’ve learned.
2. Make a commitment with your group this week to hold each other accountable in your daily time with the Lord.
QUESTIONS FROM THE WEEKEND: 1. Pastor John talked about two lists. Share with the group something from each of your own lists – the positive and the negative.
2. All of us have been tempted! What are some ways Satan has baited a hook in an attempt to drag you away from your place in God’s family and your purpose in God’s plan?
3. We all have things in our past that if we could do them over we would do differently. If you could travel back in time, what boundaries or guardrails would you tell yourself to be more resolved in?
4. Read Daniel 1:8-21. What did Daniel resolve to do? What risks did Daniel take in making this resolution? How did God honor Daniel because of the resolution he made?
5. Read Proverbs 4:23-27. What does it mean to guard your heart? What are some specific areas Solomon tells us how to guard our heart in these verses?
6. Read Matthew 6:19-24. What are some signs that reveal where your treasure is? How can you guard your heart and ultimately your life from storing up the wrong things?
7. Make a list with your group about things that we have to guard our hearts against. Read these verses as a jumping off point… Matthew 15:17-19 Ephesians 4:26-32 James 3:14-16 Job 31:1 Proverbs 15:13 Matthew 6:25-34
