Thriving In The Real World
Part of Flourish
January 22, 2023

Flourish

In The Beginning (Not You)
January 15, 2023
Chris Seidman, Lead Minister, The Branch

The Flourishing Life Begins With Understanding …

  • We’re made for a relationship with God.


Everything that God created, He did out of want and not need.


Genesis 1:1 (NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Of all the creatures and things God speaks to, human beings are the ones He seeks to fellowship with.


Of everything in creation, human beings are God-breathed.


Genesis 2:7 (NIV)
Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.


Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)
He has also set eternity in the human heart …

The Flourishing Life Begins With Understanding …

  • Our relationship with God includes life “in the real world.”


1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.


Genesis 3:6 (NIV)
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it.