Winning at Life

READ: Genesis 4:3

CHALLENGE: Get Beyond Mediocrity A.AVOID SPIRITUAL MEDIOCRITY

Vv3-5 - In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,.

1.LET’S START WITH NORMS

a.Common Denominator of Working b.Common Denominator of Worship c.Common Denominator of Self Romans 12:1 - Therefore, I urge you,.

2.SURPASSING MEDIOCRITY

a. Check Your Motives b. Do Things Sincerely from Your Heart 2 Chronicles 16:9a - For the eyes What is God looking for? He’s looking for hearts fully committed to Him. Hearts that will put Him and service first.

2 Samuel 7:3 - So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning.”

Isaiah 29:13 - The Lord says: and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.

Let’s make sure our hearts are into what we’re doing.

THE HEART OF WORSHIP

I'll bring You more than a song

For a song in itself

Is not what You have required

You search much deeper within

Through the ways things appear

You're looking into my heart

I'm comin' back to the heart of worship

And it's all about You

It's all about You, Jesus

I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it

When it's all about You

It's all about You, Jesus

c. Selflessly Obey d. Follow God’s Lead Not all behaviors are the same. We need to do what pleases God and not what pleases us.