GOD SPEAKS: In the Beginning
Pastor Brian Schafer
January 7, 2024

We think we need so many things, but what we really need is God’s Presence. We need to hear from God.

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GENESIS 1:1-3
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said “Let there be light,” and there was light.

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We hear the word, “said,” and we think about PHONICS. But we should be thinking PHYSICS. His Word creates worlds.
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GENESIS 1:4-5
God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

God always brings

out of chaos, and then fills that order with Himself.
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Psalm 139:7-8
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your Presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there. If I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
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“Invited or not, God is here.” - Carl Jung

You are invited to: GCN’S NIGHT OF PRAYER. Sunday, January 14th at 6:30pm

GENESIS 1:27-28
So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Then God blessed them…
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Original Blessing comes before Original Sin.

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WHAT GOD’S BLESSING IS NOT:
(1) God’s Blessing does not mean material wealth and unlimited health.
(2) God’s Blessing is not “no problems.”
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The Blessing of God is right relationship with the One in whose image we are created.

The Blessing of God will complicate your life (in all the right ways)

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