Characters of The Bible week 3

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Sermon Outline
I. Review
• God is Creator
• God Created Us to Love Us
• God Knows Us and Loves Us
II. From Brokenness to Faith
• By Faith …
• Be Blessed, Be a Blessing
Pray and Live With Dependence
We’re dependent on God’s Promises
We’re dependent on God’s Love and Faithfulness
We’re dependent on God’s Goodness and Holiness
We’re dependent on God’s Perfect Plan for our lives
Therefore….(Applications)
• Pray to your creator who is both outside of creation while also in it with you.
• Learn from the characters of the Bible and practice living with decisions rather than reactions.
• Pray with dependence and faith in the God who knows you, loves you, and has plans and promises for you.
John 10:11-30
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me-15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father-and I lay down my life for the sheep.
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
Key Points
• You are Known
• You are Known and chosen
• Faith is Everything
• Moving from Brokenness to Faith
Called to Faith (Genesis 12:1)
1. Leave your country-Familiar Environment
2. Leave your people-Familiar Culture and Language
3. Leave your family/household-Familiar Acceptance and Love
4. Go to an unfamiliar country-Nothing is Familiar
Called to Promise (Genesis 12:3-4)
1. A Great Nation
2. A Great Name
3. A Great Blessing
4. A Great Display and Testimony of God’s Glory and Goodness Forever
Applications-Self-Examination
Examine whether or not you are living by faith
• Is your family and household part of your relationship with God?
• Are your friendships part of your relationship with God?
• Is your business part of your relationship with God?
• Is your career, or where you currently work, part of your relationship with God?
• Are you able to be called out of what you are familiar with to live a life that God has planned for His glory and for your good?
Prayer activate faith in every area of our life… Pray.