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Life.Church with Craig Groeschel

Do This to Get Closer to God | Think Ahead | Part 1

Life.Church with Craig Groeschel

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🗓️ 18 February 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

When we lack focus or direction, we can end up where we never wanted to be. In this message, we’ll learn how to get closer to God and pre-decide what matters most so the path forward is clear.

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0:00.0

If you could ask God for one thing and only one thing, what would you ask God to do for you?

0:12.0

Think about that. If you could ask God for one thing and only one thing and you cannot say I know what

0:17.5

some of you are thinking you're thinking I'd ask him for more wishes you can't

0:21.5

do that that's off the table sit If you could ask for one thing and not more things what would you ask him for? I ask some people and some of my friends are funny. I ask somebody what would you have God do and they said

0:34.3

I'd have God help me win the lottery. Someone else said that I would ask God to eliminate

0:39.5

cellulite. Another person said they would ask for a lifetime gift card for chick-falais.

0:46.0

Christian chicken for the glory of God, that's what they would ask for.

0:51.0

But more people were really serious when I ask if you could ask

0:54.0

God for one thing what would you ask God to do for you and a lot of people said I

0:58.8

would ask God to heal someone that I love that is sick.

1:03.0

There were a lot of people that said I would ask God to save a marriage that's very broken.

1:08.0

There were a lot of people that said I would pray that God would bring someone that I love who's far from God into a relationship with God.

1:16.0

There were a few people that said I would ask God to help me overcome this addiction that I've been unable to overcome.

1:23.0

A few people said I would ask God to deliver me from anxiety.

1:27.0

There were some that were kind of even thinking bigger than that.

1:30.0

One person said, I would ask God to end human trafficking and someone else said I

1:34.8

would ask God to eliminate world hunger. It's an interesting question.

1:38.8

If you could ask God for one thing what would you ask God to do for you? This question is very, very

1:48.9

important because it reveals what you value most.

1:56.8

Today we're gonna look at King David

1:59.2

from the Old Testament.

2:01.1

When we talk about King David, I don't know about you, but sometimes what I read about it, he seems like bigger than life.

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