2022 Wk 34: Lesson 1 FRIENDDAY

Generosity Moment

LESSON

Intro

Our Garden has not been the best this year.

Galatians 6:7 NLT

Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.

Psalm 77:14 NIV

You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.

Great God is our coming series...

Key Points

we serve a Great God!

Psalm 96:4 NLT

Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.

How Great is He? How Great has he been to You?

Investigate / Application

Here are several miracles that should probably be included in a list of the greatest: Miracles over nature • The parting of the Red Sea (Exodus 14)

Maybe the greatest miracle: mentioned in Joshua, Nehemiah, Psalm, Isaiah, and Hebrews

• Jonah and the big fish (Jonah 1:17) • The virgin birth of Jesus (Matthew 1:18–25) • Daniel’s survival in the den of lions (Daniel 6:21–22) • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego’s preservation in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3:25) • Jesus’ walking on water (Matthew 14:25–27) • Jesus’ calming of the storm (Matthew 8:23–27) Miracles of healing • Jesus’ healing of the nobleman’s son (John 4:46–47), a leper (Mark 1:40–45), a paralytic (Matthew 9:1–8), and a woman with an issue of blood (Luke 8:43–48) Miracles over demonic forces • Jesus’ casting out of many unclean spirits (Mark 1:23–28; Matthew 8:28–34) Miracles of provision • God’s provision of manna (Exodus 16:4) • Jesus’ turning of water into wine (John 2:7–9) • Jesus’ feeding of the multitudes (Matthew 14:19–20; 15:36–37) Miracles of resurrection • Elijah’s raising of the son of the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:17–24) • Elisha’s raising the Shunamite woman’s son (2 Kings 4:18–37) • Jesus’ raising of the widow of Nain’s son (Luke 7:11–18), Jairus’s daughter (Luke 8:52–56), and Lazarus (John 11) • Peter’s raising of Tabitha (Acts 9:36–43) • Paul’s raising of Eutychus (Acts 20:7–12) • Jesus’ resurrection (Luke 24:1–7)

Make it personal

There’s another miracle that we must include in the list of the greatest miracles of the Bible. It’s a miracle that happens every day, as

God takes a rebellious sinner,

forgives his sin,

grants him life,

lavishes him with grace,

adopts him as a child, and

seals him for eternity—all because of the death and resurrection of Christ. Praise the Lord for the miracle of salvation!

1 Corinthians 15:17 NLT

And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins.

Where we want to end up in our series is that God’s Greatness is a fragrance found in our lives. It finds it’s way back to God in praise.

2 Corinthians 2:14–15 (NLT)

14 But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.

15 Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.

Closing PRAYER

Updates

Doors Open each Sunday 10am

MidWeek

The Gospel of Luke Chapter 11

NEW SERIES

Great God (Ps. 96.4)

Men’s TAILGATE Breakfast Sept 24th

at the First Nazarene Church w/Pastor Dale and the guys

FriendDay Sunday 21

Back2School Bash 4-6pm downtown Okmulgee

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