Coming up:

• Harvest Festival THIS SATURDAY from 530-830 @ City Park
• Chili & Salsa Cook-Off 11/8 - SIGN UP to compete!
• Community Thanksgiving 11/26 - go to website to see how you can help...

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THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS:

Q1: What would be your ideal vacation?

Everyone shares - try to keep it to about 30 seconds.

Q2: Have you ever been truly hungry or thirsty, whether on a fast, a trip, or a hard day? What did it feel like, and what did it do to your focus?

Q3: Matthew 5:3–6 (ESV)

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

How does being poor in spirit, mourning our sin, and meekness lead to hunger for righteousness? Which of those three is hardest for you?

Q4: Pastor Jeremy said you can’t just choose to hunger for righteousness, any more than you can be hungry when you’re stuffed. What are you most “full” of right now that might be dulling your appetite for God?

Q5: Have you ever thought fasting (or any spiritual discipline) was about earning God’s approval? How does it change things to see it as focusing our attention instead?

Digging Deeper:

Deuteronomy 8:2–3 (ESV)

And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

God let Israel go hungry to teach them that we live by every word from His mouth. Has God ever used a season of lack in your life to grow your hunger for Him?