Songs All Things Rise Kyrie Eleison (A Song Of Confession) Sing His Name Never See The End Sermon Notes Genesis 12:1-3 (ESV) Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will BE A BLESSING. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV) 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. Relationship with Jesus goes beyond just our Salvation life has purpose now Christopher Wright from "The Mission of God" - "The work of redemptive and restorative blessing will take place within and for the created order, not in some other heavenly or mythological realm beyond it to which we can escape. It is creation that is broken by human sin, so it is creation and humanity together that God intends to mend...And since it was by human hands that sin and evil have invaded life on earth, it would be by human means that God would act to redress it." Questions to ponder How many of us have the status of Christian, but are choosing to wait to walk in the purposes of such a status? How many of us have the opportunities to "be a blessing" to others, yet continue to walk in the ways of previous ownership? Galatians 5:16-17 (ESV) But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. Romans 7:15-20 (ESV) For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. Galatians 5:19-21 (ESV) Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:22-24 (ESV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is