Psa 42:1 To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Psa 42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Psa 42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

“What do you consider to be your church’s greatest threat?”

- The number one answer was, “lost passion for God.”

“What do you consider to be your church’s greatest weakness?”

- The number one answer was, “Lack of zeal or commitment among members.”The number two answer was, “Lack of burden for lost souls.”

Passion means; intense emotion such as love or joy.Enthusiasm for somethingHunger, thirst, cravingDelight, fervency, obsession

MISPLACED PRIORITIES

Psalm 127 "It’s senseless for you to work so hard from early morning until late at night, fearing that you’re going to starve to death;, for God wants His loved ones to get their proper rest."

Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:24 says, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”

MISPLACED PRIORITIES MIS USED GIFTINGS

1 Peter 4:10 says "Each of you has been blessed with one of God’s many wonderful gifts to be used in the service of others. So use your gifts well."

MISPLACED PRIORITIES MISUSED GIFTINGS AN UNCONFESSED SIN

Psalm 38:4"My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear... I am bowed down and I am brought low."

1 John 1:9 says "If we confess our sins He [God] can be trusted to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

MISPLACED PRIORITIES MIS USED GIFTINGS AN UNCONFESSED SIN AN UNFORGIVING SPIRIT

Mat 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

Mat 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Col 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

MISPLACED PRIORITIES MIS USED GIFTINGS AN UNCONFESSED SIN AN UNFORGIVING SPIRIT A WRONG ASSOCIATION

2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Amo 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Ps 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.