"BETTER"

 Would you like for this year to be "better" than the last? How can you make the good parts of your life even "better" by spending one day with someone? Let's find out! Join me at Church Online's new series "Better" now.

BETTER—1

BETTER IS ONE DAY

  

• LET GO OF THE GOOD TO GRAB HOLD OF THE BETTER.

BETTER IS ONE DAY WITH GOD

How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! ² My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God….¹⁰ Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere: I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. Psalm 84:1-2, 10

 HOW DO YOU HAVE A DAY WITH GOD?

• LIVE WITH AN ONGOING, UNENDING AWARENESS OF GOD’S PRESENCE.

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus… Colossians 3:17

DEVELOP THE HABIT OF

• CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH GOD.

Be joyful always; ¹⁷ pray continually. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17

• INSTANT OBEDIENCE TO GOD.

 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:25 

  

• A DAILY DESPERATION FOR GOD.

Taste and see that the Lord is good… Psalm 34:8

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my bodylongs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. ² I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. ³ Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Psalm 63:1-3

TALK IT OVER

1. Describe what your intentional time with God looks like.
2. How can you develop an ongoing, unending awareness of God?
3. What habit do you feel you need to improve? Constant communication, instant obedience or daily desperation?

Find resources that will help you experience a better life at http://resources.lifechurch.tv including a printable small group discussion guide for this message.