US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION

4. GOD BLESSES US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION US

5. GOD BLESSES US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION Families

6. GOD BLESSES US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION Churches

7. GOD BLESSES US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION Communities

8. GOD BLESSES US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION Nation

9. GOD BLESSES US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION Why does God bless us?

10. 1 Peter 2:9-10 Our Call: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

11. 1 Peter 2:9-10 Our Call: “Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”

12. People with a Purpose I. Genesis 12:1-3 - God’s Promise to Abraham “I will bless you . . . and so you will be a blessing . . . and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

13. I. People with a Purpose Psalm 67:1-2 “God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us-- that Your way may be known on the earth, your salvation among all nations.”

14. People with a Purpose I. God’s Purpose for Us: To be His witnesses To disciple the nations To declare His glory

15. II. Promise of His Power Acts 1:8 - The Power of the Holy Spirit “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

16. Promise of His Power II. Matthew 28:18-20 - The Great Commission “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”

17. Promise of His Power II. Matthew 28:18-20 - The Great Commission “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”

18. Promise of His Power II. Matthew 28:18-20 - The Great Commission “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”

19. Promise of His Power II. God empowers us to go as missionaries

20. Promise of His Power II. God empowers us to go as volunteers

21. II. Promise of His Power God empowers all of us to give sacrificially

22. Prospects of His Praise III. Giving + Praying + Going People Saved + New Churches + Kingdom Growth

23. Revelation 7:9-10 Our Future “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb . . .”

24. Revelation 7:9-10 Our Future “And they cried out in a loud voice: ‘Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.’”

25. Prospects of His Praise III. Psalm 46:10 “I will be exalted among the nations I will be exalted in the earth.”

26. Prospects of His Praise III. Why does God bless us?

27. That All Peoples May Know Him!