Is God Our Treasure? Pt. 2

March 13-19, 2011
Is God Our Treasure?  Part 2: Who we treasure reforms our heart.

PRAY
 Before you begin reading, reflecting, discussing, and applying, begin by opening your heart up to our Creator and Sustainer.  Praise Him and ask Him to incline your heart to His.

STUDY
Read Matthew 6:19-34.  Take time to reflect on Jesus’ heart behind the saying these things.  How do the different metaphors and illustrations link together in teaching something greater about the nature of how we see God and self?

DISCUSS
What is it about our focus that changes how we operate?  Have you ever tried to be in two places at once... and how’d that go?  Have you every tried to serve both yourself and God at the same time... how’d that go?

LIVE
Take time to reflect at the end of each day this week (a journal is recommended).  Go over your day’s events and reflect on your response to those events.  Ask yourself which things were self-satisfying and which things were God-glorifying?  Reflect on thoughts, attitudes, and actions.  Ask yourself, was my focus today on God or self?  Learn from today and engage the truth in tomorrow.