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Southview Baptist Church
Pursuing the Heart of God | Priorities Shape Us
This week, Pastor Nathan Wakefield continues our sermon series, Pursuing the Heart of God. 2 Samuel 18 teaches us that what you make a priority will shape your actions, your relationships, and the way you respond to God’s purposes. God’s plan will come to fruition, but your priorities will determine how you interact with His will as it unfolds. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Revelation — Your Priorities Are Revealed by What You Do (18:1-9).
• The way you delegate tasks reveals your priorities (1-4).
• The instructions you emphasize reveal your priorities (5).
• Even the things we place our confidence in reveal our priorities (6-9).
Action Step: Take an honest inventory of your life. What do your actions reveal about what you actually prioritize?
• The way you delegate tasks reveals your priorities (1-4).
• The instructions you emphasize reveal your priorities (5).
• Even the things we place our confidence in reveal our priorities (6-9).
Action Step: Take an honest inventory of your life. What do your actions reveal about what you actually prioritize?
2. Results — The Effects of Your Priorities Are Not as Predictable as You Might Expect (18:10-18).
• Your priorities will influence the priorities of others (10-12).
• Your priorities do not guarantee that you will control the outcome (13-15).
• When self-exaltation is your priority, the outcome can become devastating (16-18).
Action Step: Don't make your priority an outcome you want God to give you. Make your priority faithfulness to God, regardless of whether the outcome is what you hoped for.
• Your priorities will influence the priorities of others (10-12).
• Your priorities do not guarantee that you will control the outcome (13-15).
• When self-exaltation is your priority, the outcome can become devastating (16-18).
Action Step: Don't make your priority an outcome you want God to give you. Make your priority faithfulness to God, regardless of whether the outcome is what you hoped for.
3. Recognition — Our Priorities Shape How We See and Experience the World (18:19-33).
• Your priorities may not be the same as the priorities of others (19-23).
• Your priorities will impact what others tell you (24-29).
• Any priority that is not ultimately aligned with God’s priorities will eventually bring grief (30-33).
Action Step: Ask God not simply to bless your priorities, but to change your priorities.
• Your priorities may not be the same as the priorities of others (19-23).
• Your priorities will impact what others tell you (24-29).
• Any priority that is not ultimately aligned with God’s priorities will eventually bring grief (30-33).
Action Step: Ask God not simply to bless your priorities, but to change your priorities.
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