Now Is the Time, Part 9: Search | Give Up

Grant Fishbook, Lead Teaching Pastor

A time to search and a time to give up.
Ecclesiastes 3:6a

Now is the time to search for:

, knowledge and understanding (Proverbs 2:1-6)

God’s and (1 Chronicles 16:11, Isaiah 55:6 and Jeremiah 29:13)

God’s (Matthew 7:7-8)

God’s for people who are far from him

Three stories that share God’s heart:

A lost , a lost , and a lost (Luke 15)

Now is the time to stop searching for:

Significance in:

(Luke 12:20-21)

(Philippians 3:7-8)

(Proverbs 29:25)

Small Group Questions

1. What are your plans for the 4^th of July?
2. Have you ever lost something of great value to you? Did you find it?
3. Read the section about searching for and the corresponding scriptures out loud. Which element do you need right now in your life? Why?
4. Which of the three significance traps (stuff, self, someone else’s opinion) is the easiest for you to get caught in? How do you find God’s escape in the scripture listed above?
5. What do you need to search for this week? What do you need to stop searching for?
6. How can we pray for you right now and throughout the week?