Title: Cultivating a Passion for God
Ref: 1 Kings 10:1-13

1. She was ____________ by Solomon’s God (v.1)

If we are going to be passionate people, God needs to be someone who ____________ our hearts and minds.  (Hebrews 12:2)

2. She was willing to be ____________ before God (v.2-3)

We must be willing to open ourselves up by ____________ ____________ ____________ to get the answers we so desperately need to hear.  (Ps 139:23-24; 24:4-5)

3. She was ____________ by God’s wisdom and wealth (v.4-5)

We so often take God for granted that we fail to live in “____________” of who we serve.

4. She was dumbfounded by God’s ____________ (v.6-7)

We will never be dumbfounded by the reality of God, until we seek Him ____________ ____________ ____________.

5. She was by mesmerized by God’s ____________ (v.8-9)

We must count our relationship with Jesus as our greatest ____________.  (Phil 3:8)

6. She was overtaken by a heart of ____________ (v.10-12)

There can be no greater ____________ of our love for God, than to be overtaken by a heart of gratitude.  (Col 3:23-24)

7. She was bold enough to ____________ for more (v.13) (Heb 4:16)

“The core problem is not that we are too passionate about bad things, but that we are not passionate enough about good things.” Larry Crabb