Cultivating A Heart That Seeks God
真正尋求神的心，絕不滿足於膚淺的信仰。這個主日，Michael Cariño牧師邀請我們培養一顆在渴慕中尋求神、在喜樂中高舉神、並完全倚靠神的心。讓我們追求、珍惜、持守那全心尋求神的心。
A heart that truly seeks God is never satisfied with a shallow faith. This Sunday, Rev. Michael Cariño urges us to cultivate a heart that seeks God in desperate yearning, delights in God in worship, and leans on God in complete dependence. Let us pursue, cherish, and hold fast to a heart that seeks God with everything we are.
Read Today’s Scripture Passage
Psalm 63
Life Group Discussion Guide
1. Start with a prayer
2. Engage one another (15-30 mins)
- Share about a season in your life that felt like a “wilderness” (dry, difficult, uncertain, lonely, or stretching). What did that season reveal about your relationship with God?
3. Engage the mind (15-20 mins)
- Read the passage. What does David’s longing for God reveal about the difference between seeking God Himself and seeking only His blessings? How do we see this difference today?
- How does Psalm 63 point us toward Jesus and the invitation to find ultimate satisfaction in Him?
4. Examine the heart (15-20 mins)
- Where has comfort or routine quietly weakened your dependence on God?
- What thoughts usually dominate your quiet moments? How are those thoughts shaping your mind, heart, and trust in God? Is there any fear, bitterness, anxiety, disappointment, or desire for control that God may be inviting you to surrender to Him?
5. Empower the hands (15-20 mins)
- What is one intentional practice you can begin this week to cultivate a deeper longing for God (e.g., prayer, Scripture meditation, worship, solitude, journaling)? What would it look like for you to pursue satisfaction in God instead of temporary comfort or worldly substitutes this week?
- When fear or anxious thoughts arise this week, what practical way can you redirect your attention toward worship and trust?
6. Engage with God in prayer (20-30 mins)
- Praise the Heavenly Father because He alone satisfies the deepest thirst of the human soul. Thank Him that His steadfast love is better than life and remains faithful through every season—whether in abundance or in the wilderness. Rejoice that He does not abandon His people in difficult places but uses those seasons to draw us nearer, deepen our trust, and reveal His presence more fully. Thank Jesus that He entered suffering and experienced ultimate thirst so that we may receive eternal satisfaction and life in Him.
- Repent for the times you have pursued comfort, control, achievement, relationships, or temporary satisfaction more than seeking God Himself. Ask for forgiveness for becoming spiritually passive, relying on blessings while neglecting the Blesser, and turning toward worry, fear, bitterness, or self-dependence during wilderness seasons. Pray that God would restore in you a desperate hunger for His presence, teach you to worship even in dry seasons, and form in you a heart that continually longs for Him, delights in Him, and leans on Him completely.
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