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Colossians 3: ¹Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits at God's right hand in the place of honor and power. ²Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth. ³For you died when Christ died, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴And when Christ, who is your real life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory..... ¹⁵And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts.... ¹⁶Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counsel each other. (NLT)
1. When you focus on things above, what are some of them?

Luke 6: ⁴⁴A tree is identified by the kind of fruit it produces. Figs never grow on thornbushes or grapes on bramble bushes. ⁴⁵A good person produces good deeds from a good heart, and an evil person produces evil deeds from an evil heart. Whatever is in your heart determines what you say.(NLT)
2. Name one thing that has been on your heart lately.

John 14: ³⁰I'll not be talking with you much more like this because the chief of this godless world is about to attack. But don't worry--he has nothing on me, no claim on me. ³¹But so the world might know how thoroughly I love the Father, I am carrying out my Father's instructions right down to the last detail. Get up. Let's go. It's time to leave here. (MSG)
3. How can we demonstrate how much we love the Father?

Matthew 19: ¹³Some children were brought to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. The disciples told them not to bother him. ¹⁴But Jesus said, "Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these." ¹⁵And he put his hands on their heads and blessed them before he left. (NLT)
4. If the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these , what does this tell us to be?

Mark 1: ³⁶Simon and those with him went looking for him. ³⁷They found him and said, "Everybody's looking for you." ³⁸Jesus said, "Let's go to the rest of the villages so I can preach there also. This is why I've come." ³⁹He went to their meeting places all through Galilee, preaching and throwing out the demons. (MSG)
5. What daily experiences do you think Jesus and the disciples faced traveling from city to city?

Luke 5: ¹⁶But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.
Matthew 14: ²²... Jesus made his disciples get back into the boat and cross to the other side of the lake while he sent the people home. ²³Afterward he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone. (NLT)
6. When you want to be alone to pray, where do you go, if you feel safe enough to tell us?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
Observations                                                             Applications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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