Sermon Tone Analysis

Series: God Revealed…

*Talk: “ What If God Were One Of Us?”*

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Pastor Brad Powell

*Weekend Services, January 11-12, 2003*

* **Introduction:** *

*Series Purpose: The purpose of this series is to help make God more real in our everyday lives by taking a ______________ and _______________ look at his extraordinary nature against the backdrop of our 21st Century experiences.*

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*Truth: God is ________________.**

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*          **4** He is likened to a ____________.

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*Psalm  23:1-6** *

*/“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside the still waters... /*

*/...He restores my soul.

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*/He guides me in paths of righteousness... /*

*/Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me... /*

*/You...comfort me.../** *

*/You...anoint my head with oil... /*

*/And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”/**

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*          **4**He is likened to a _______________.

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/Romans 8:15 – “For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.

And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’"/

\\ Series: God Revealed…

*Talk: “ What If God Were One Of Us?”*

!

Pastor Brad Powell

*Weekend Services, January 11-12, 2003*

* **Introduction:** *

*Series Purpose: The purpose of this series is to help make God more real in our everyday lives by taking a ______________ and _______________ look at his extraordinary nature against the backdrop of our 21st Century experiences.*

* *

*Truth: God is ________________.**

*

*          **4** He is likened to a ____________.

*

*Psalm  23:1-6** *

*/“The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside the still waters... /*

*/...He restores my soul.

/*

*/He guides me in paths of righteousness... /*

*/Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me... /*

*/You...comfort me.../** *

*/You...anoint my head with oil... /*

*/And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”/**

*

*          **4**He is likened to a _______________.

*

/Romans 8:15 – “For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.

And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’"/

\\ 4He is likened to a _______________.

/James 2:23 – “And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,’ and he was called God's friend.”/

/Micah 6:8 – “He has showed you, O man, what is good.

And what does the LORD require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”/* *

*Biblical Example: ________________ *

/Philippians 3:8-10 – “...I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.

I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him….I want to know Christ/...” 

*Application: God wants to have a _________________ with each and every one of us.

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/I John 4:8-10 – “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

/

*4**He wants to be our __________________.

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/John 10:11 – “I am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep/.”

*4**He wants to be our __________________.

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/John 1:12 – “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—“ /

*4**He wants to be our __________________.

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/John 15:13-15 – “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

You are my friends if you do what I command.

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business.

Instead, I have called you friends, for every-thing that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”/

This talk is available on CD or Audio Cassette through the LifeMatters Resource Center in the main lobby.

LifeMatters Resource Center is open before and after all weekend services and our New Life Service.

Unless otherwise indicated all Bible references are taken from the New International Version

NorthRidge Church   49555 N. Territorial Road   Plymouth, MI 48170   (734) 414-7777

 /www.NorthRidgeChurch.com/

4He is likened to a _______________.

/James 2:23 – “And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,’ and he was called God's friend.”/

/Micah 6:8 – “He has showed you, O man, what is good.

And what does the LORD require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”/* *

*Biblical Example: ________________ *

/Philippians 3:8-10 – “...I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.

I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him….I want to know Christ/...” 

*Application: God wants to have a _________________ with each and every one of us.

*

/I John 4:8-10 – “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

/

*4**He wants to be our __________________.

*

/John 10:11 – “I am the good shepherd.

The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep/.”

*4**He wants to be our __________________.

*

/John 1:12 – “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—“ /

*4**He wants to be our __________________.

*

/John 15:13-15 – “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

You are my friends if you do what I command.

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business.

Instead, I have called you friends, for every-thing that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”/

This talk is available on CD or Audio Cassette through the LifeMatters Resource Center in the main lobby.

LifeMatters Resource Center is open before and after all weekend services and our New Life Service.

Unless otherwise indicated all Bible references are taken from the New International Version

NorthRidge Church   49555 N. Territorial Road   Plymouth, MI 48170   (734) 414-7777

 /www.NorthRidgeChurch.com/