What Does God Require

What does God Require?

MICAH 6:6 With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

MICAH 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

MICAH 6:8 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. ------1 SAMUEL 15:22 But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

1. Which would be better? A. A wicked person donating a large sum of money to a church B. A poor person who gives everything he or she has to help another person

2. If you found a wallet on the ground and you knew that no one was watching, what would you do?

- What if you knew a Policeman was watching? - What if you knew ______was watching?

3. Why do we think sometimes that no one is watching what we do?

4. If you knew that you would have a camera following you 24 hours a day for one week that broadcast directly on ______’s TV, what might you do differently? 5. What are 5 things you would do the same?

6. What are some of the excuses we give for how we act?

7. What does it mean to “walk humbly with your God”?

8. What does God Want from you?