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At Grace Family we focus our worship on Sunday to impact our lives every other day of the week as well. We also believe no one is perfect but everyone is welcome to worship God with us. So, no matter where you're from, what you've done, or what your week has been like, let's worship God and learn from His word together today.

What does God want from me?

In every relationship we decide whether we want to make the other person happy or not.

IF God is up there, I want him to be happy with me.

God wants transformation not transaction.

Micah 6:6-7

"What can we bring to the Lord?

    Should we bring him burnt offerings?

Should we bow before God Most High

    with offerings of yearling calves?

7 Should we offer him thousands of rams

    and ten thousand rivers of olive oil?

Should we sacrifice our firstborn children

    to pay for our sins?"

We often think we can bring actions or offerings to satisfy God.

It is tempting to treat God like a subscription service.

If I give ______________, what do I get?

Micah 6:8

"No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good,

    and this is what he requires of you:

to do what is right, to love mercy,

    and to walk humbly with your God."

Do what is right.

Love mercy.

Walk humbly.

Proverbs 21:3

"The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just

    than when we offer him sacrifices."

2 Thessalonians 3:13

"13 As for the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good."

To love God is to choose what is right even when it's not what we would naturally choose.

Luke 6:36

"36 You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate."

James 2:13

"13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you."

Mercy is a gift you should share.

Proverbs 18:12

"Haughtiness goes before destruction;

    humility precedes honor."

1 Peter 5:6

"So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor."

Humility is self-awareness on display.

Spiritually maturing people become more and more self-aware in their relationship with God.

Matthew 23:23

"23 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens,[a] but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things."

God cares about what you give.

God cares more about your heart.

Retail is built on transactions.

Relationships are built on trust.

Hebrews 11:5-6

"5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—“he disappeared, because God took him.”[a] For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God. 6 And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him."

What do I have to pay to make this go away?

Tetelestai - "It is finished."

It is accomplished.

It is fulfilled.

It is paid in full.

Jesus paid the transaction so we could experience transformation.

The most meaningful relationships are never transactional, they are transformational.

There are 7 billion other people on the planet but there is only one you.

God wants transformation not transaction.

Am I asking more from Jesus or am I asking to be made like Jesus?

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