How badly do you want what you are seeking of God?

Subject: How badly do you want what you are seeking of God?

Scripture Reading: Matthew 15: 21 - 28

Memory Verse: Hebrews 11: 6

Objective: To learn from those before us the strategies they employed to achieve their goals.

1.     How did Jacob show what it takes to succeed? Genesis 32: 24 - 30; How does Luke 15: 3 - 6, 8 - 10 reveal the sincere effort made to achieve the goal?

2.     What level of persistence was shown by those in Mark 2: 1 - 12?

3.     What diligence was demonstrated by Esther when her people were threatened with annihilation? Esther 4: 15 - 16; And what is recorded of Zacchaeus in Luke 19: 1 - 10?

4.     How did earnest pursuit pay off for these women? Luke 18: 1 - 7, Mark 5: 25 - 34

5.     Even though these men had evil intentions, how committed were they to achieving their goals? Genesis 11: 1 - 6, Acts 23: 12 - 15