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Be careful of your motive when seeking to make a difference in someone's life, that you may receive your heavenly reward.

Luke 3:1-20 We must repent in order to be saved. What will you sacrifice to share the truth?

1 Samuel 16

Cultivating a sincere attitude as we worship God.

God has loved and continues to love his people. Yet, despite the nature of this relationship, God's people in Malachi's day dishonour God. God's people need a great priest who is cursed, despised and discarded in their place. God's people need a great priest who won't decieve them. Thank God for Jesus who is the priest we need and helps us conform our ritual, heart and life to the nature of our relationship with God.

God's bleesings in Christ reveal his heart.

Matthew 22: 36-40 Deuteronomy 6:1-5, 11: 13, 30:6, Joshua 22:5, 1 Kings 8:23, 11:14, 15:3-4,14, Proverbs 4:20-27 God asks for our full and total commitment-heart, soul, and mind. We must follow Jesus Christ whole heartedly and all of the time. Any thing less is a loss.

In uncertain times, and when he felt inadequate to face what was in front of him, David found three encouragements in the Lord. These are the three encouragements for our lives as well.

What is our response when tested? Will we humble or harden our hearts? Why do we start to, and then continue to, harden our hearts to God and others? Looking at King Ahaz's time of testing, we will see his response to God's promise to protect his country from the attacks coming their way. His response to God had extreme consequences. What about our responses? And the consequences of either trusting God or hardening our hearts to Him?