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3.  Do you ever find yourself with a lack of zeal for serving the Lord?  Do you ever leave an assembly of God’s people and find that you can’t remember what songs were sung or what was taught or what was prayed for?  Do you go days without studying God’s Word?  Do you find yourself getting as close as you can to the world so that you do not stand out as a Christian?

4.  If you find that you are doing any of these things, could it be possible that you have:  Gotten into a routine?  Forgotten what God has done for you and the great value of that?  Allowed your love for God to slip?

5.  This is a problem that the Israelites had during Isaiah’s time.  Isaiah 1:10-15  Their worship was not pleasing to the Lord  Their multiplied sacrifices meant nothing to Him  He had enough of their burnt offerings  He took no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats  Their offerings were worthless  Incense was an abomination  Their feasts were a burden to Him  The Lord would not hear their prayers

6.  This is a problem that the Israelites had during Isaiah’s time.  Deuteronomy 30:15-16  Moses had given the Israelites instruction concerning their conduct even before they had entered the land.  To sum up his directions to the children of Israel, Moses tells them that they first of all had to love the Lord their God.  It was when they loved the Lord their God and kept His commandments and statutes that they would live and multiply and the Lord would bless them.  He had told them this previously in Deuteronomy 6:5-7

7.  This is a problem that the Israelites had during Isaiah’s time.  Isaiah 29:13  They said all the right things  Their heart was not near to God

8.  We, like Israel, have been told what is our foremost responsibility  Matthew 22:34-40  The greatest commandment is that we love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul and mind.  The second command is like to the first, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  This was the cornerstone for all the Law and the Prophets

9.  We, like Israel, have been told what is our foremost responsibility  Colossians 3:16  We are to sing with thankfulness in our hearts to God  Does this sound like something that should be routine to us?

10.  We, like Israel, have been told what is our foremost responsibility  2 Corinthians 9:7  What we do when giving should not be done while thinking what we could do with the money if we were able to keep it.  We should not feel like it is something that we have to do.  It should be something that we feel privileged to do.  We should be glad to give, knowing what the money will be used for.

11.  We, like Israel, have been told what is our foremost responsibility  Moses  Exodus 33:12-16  Moses wanted God to know God’s ways and know God so that he could find favor in God’s sight  David  Psalm 122:1  David found happiness in worshiping the Lord

12.  Baptized for the remission of sins  Attend worship  Good to my wife  Provide for my family  Cuss  Drink  Obey the laws of the Land  Read my Bible occasionally  Help others if they need it  Get my Bible lesson  But do I love the Lord my God with all my heart, soul and mind? YESNO

13.  We need to compare our attitude to that of Moses  He had a desire to be with God, to know God and to please God.  Do I have that same desire?  Or do I have a checklist Christianity?