Burn your boats and set your path fully toward the life God blesses.

Outline: What life does God bless?

1. God blesses the life that seeks His presence (vv. 10-14)

2. God blesses the life that fears His discipline (vv. 15-17)

3. God blesses the life that serves His mission (vv. 18-19)

Questions for Personal Reflection:

1. Imagine you were a soldier in the army whose general just burned all the boats, how would that affect the way you saw the battle in front of you?

2. Read Isaiah 29:13 . How were the people in Haggai’s day worshipping but without their hearts near God? What are some ways we do the same?

3. How have you dealt with the “consumer” spirit in your worship?

4. Read Psalm 84:1-5 slowly. Share a word or phrase that catches your ear? How does this passage illustrate worship as relational?

5. Where has secularism complicated your obedience to Jesus? (consider the areas of money, employment, relationships, parenting, politics, entertainment, and others.).

6. Read Proverbs 28:14 . How does fearing the LORD bless us? How might this verse apply to your answer to the previous question?

7. Where are you taking the boats of retreat instead of obeying the command to make disciples? How can you burn those boats?