Genesis 13 – Finding Intimacy with God shows us that now Abram realizes the cause and the cost of losing his intimacy with God. Like Abraham, we can feel distanced in our relationship with Jesus because of our own sin or even the difficult circumstances we face within our own family. God has made a way for us to return to a place of genuine faith, gratitude and a hunger for God’s Word. Listen to this week’s message in Genesis 13 and learn how the Bible leads, guides and directs us back to a place of finding Intimacy with God and how to deal with family conflict.
LOST INTIMACY WITH GOD?
RETURN TO THE PLACE OF THE ALTAR
RETURN TO THE PLACE OF THE ALTAR
A Place of GENUINE FAITH IN JESUS
A Place of GRATITUDE & WORSHIP
A Place where we HUNGER TO KNOW GOD’S WORD
A Place of GRATITUDE & WORSHIP
A Place where we HUNGER TO KNOW GOD’S WORD
In the book of Acts is says: “Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and He will send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.”
Acts 3:19-20, (NLT) https://www.blueletterbible.org/nlt/act/3/19-20/s_1021019
HOW TO DEAL WITH FAMILY CONFLICT
1) TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE
2) BE WILLING TO GIVE AWAY WHAT YOU DESERVE
3) PUT FAMILY HEALTH ABOVE YOUR DESIRES
2) BE WILLING TO GIVE AWAY WHAT YOU DESERVE
3) PUT FAMILY HEALTH ABOVE YOUR DESIRES
It was our weaknesses He carried; it was our (sin) sorrows that weighed Him down. And we thought His troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for His own sins! But He was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. 6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on Him(self) the sins of us all.
Isaiah 53:4-6 NLT https://www.blueletterbible.org/nlt/isa/53/4-6/s_732004
LOT – AN ARCHITYPE OF THE HALF-HEARTED BELIEVER
1) PROFESSES FAITH IN GOD – BUT IS CONTROLLED BY HIS FLESH
2) HAS ONE FOOT IN THE KINGDOM / WORLD
3) LACKS GOOD FRUIT IN HIS LIFE
2) HAS ONE FOOT IN THE KINGDOM / WORLD
3) LACKS GOOD FRUIT IN HIS LIFE
The Apostle Paul writes to the church in Corinth: “Each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.”
1 Corinthians 3:8-15,( NKJV) https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/1co/3/8-15/s_1065008
1 Corinthians 3:8-15,( NKJV) https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/1co/3/8-15/s_1065008
IF WE HAVE NOT LEARNED TO DO – WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY SHOWN US –
GOD WILL WAIT TO GIVE US OUR NEXT INSTRUCTION
GOD WILL WAIT TO GIVE US OUR NEXT INSTRUCTION
BUT WHEN WE DO WHAT GOD HAS SHOWN US –
GOD REVEALS MORE OF HIMSELF TO US
GOD REVEALS MORE OF HIMSELF TO US
Jesus said: “To those who listen to My teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.”
Matthew 13:12, (NLT) https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/mat/13/12/s_942012
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