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Cage #2
Cage #1: Cage Of Responsibility - Nehemiah Ch. 1-2
Cage #2: Cage Of _____________________________
Exodus 3:1-5 (NLT’96) “One day Moses was tending the
flock of his father – in – law, Jethro, the priest of
Midian, and he went deep into the wilderness near Sinai,
the mountain of God. 2Suddenly, the angel of the Lord
appeared to him as a blazing fire in a bush. Moses was
amazed because the bush was engulfed in flames, but it
didn’t burn up. 3‘Amazing!’ Moses said to himself. ‘Why
isn’t that bush burning up? I must go over to see this.’
4
When the Lord saw that He had caught Moses’ attention,
God called to him from the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ ‘Here
I am!’ Moses replied. 5‘Do not come any closer,’ God told
him. ‘Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy
ground.’”
We all have burning bush opportunities!
The burning bush mindset: In the midst of the routine, when I
________________, I will be surprised by ________________.
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Cage #2
Cage #1: Cage Of Responsibility - Nehemiah Ch. 1-2
Cage #2: Cage Of _____________________________
Exodus 3:1-5 (NLT’96) “One day Moses was tending the
flock of his father – in – law, Jethro, the priest of
Midian, and he went deep into the wilderness near Sinai,
the mountain of God. 2Suddenly, the angel of the Lord
appeared to him as a blazing fire in a bush. Moses was
amazed because the bush was engulfed in flames, but it
didn’t burn up. 3‘Amazing!’ Moses said to himself. ‘Why
isn’t that bush burning up? I must go over to see this.’
4
When the Lord saw that He had caught Moses’ attention,
God called to him from the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ ‘Here
I am!’ Moses replied. 5‘Do not come any closer,’ God told
him. ‘Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy
ground.’”
We all have burning bush opportunities!
The burning bush mindset: In the midst of the routine, when I
________________, I will be surprised by ________________.
Exodus 3:1 = “wilderness” or “desert” means “to speak”
Exodus 3:1 = “wilderness” or “desert” means “to speak”
When a routine becomes routine I need to ______________
the routine.
When a routine becomes routine I need to ______________
the routine.
Danger in routine: I can easily learn _______ and forget the
________!
Isaiah 29:13 (NLT’96) “And so the Lord says, ‘These people say they
are Mine. They honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far away.
And their worship of Me amounts to nothing more than human laws
learned by rote.”
Psalm 149:1 (NLT’96) “Sing to the Lord a new song.”
Danger in routine: I can easily learn _______ and forget the
________!
Isaiah 29:13 (NLT’96) “And so the Lord says, ‘These people say they
are Mine. They honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far away.
And their worship of Me amounts to nothing more than human laws
learned by rote.”
Psalm 149:1 (NLT’96) “Sing to the Lord a new song.”
Practical Ways To Disrupt Routine
1. ________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________
7. ________________________________________________
Practical Ways To Disrupt Routine
1. ________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________
7. ________________________________________________
Change of _____________ + change of ________________=
change of ____________________
Change of _____________ + change of ________________=
change of ____________________
“Earth’s crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”
“Earth’s crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (NIV’84) “Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6These
commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
7
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at
home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and
when you get up. 8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them
on your foreheads. 9Write them on the door frames of your houses
and on your gates.”
Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (NIV’84) “Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6These
commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
7
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at
home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and
when you get up. 8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them
on your foreheads. 9Write them on the door frames of your houses
and on your gates.”
When I bring God into my _______________, I won’t be
_________________________________.
When I bring God into my _______________, I won’t be
_________________________________.
Questions To Consider:
Questions To Consider:
• How have you been stuck in a rut lately? How has it
affected you spiritually?
• How have you been stuck in a rut lately? How has it
affected you spiritually?
• What opportunities do you have in the next six
months to go on a trip that could change you? (Think spiritual retreat, mission trip, even vacation.)
• What opportunities do you have in the next six
months to go on a trip that could change you? (Think spiritual retreat, mission trip, even vacation.)
• How have your spiritual practices, such as worship
and prayer become predictable to the point of not
making much of a difference anymore? What can you do to get back the freshness of relating to an untamed God?
• How have your spiritual practices, such as worship
and prayer become predictable to the point of not
making much of a difference anymore? What can you do to get back the freshness of relating to an untamed God?