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Foundations Of Purpose
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The Story of Creation (1:1-2:3)
The Story of Adam and Eve (2:4-5:32)
The Story of Noah (6:1-11:32)
The Story of Abraham (21:1-25:18)
The Story of Isaac (25:19-28:9)
The Story of Jacob (28:10-36:43)
The Story of Joseph (37:1-50:27)
Author Of Genesis - Moses
“Genesis” is the Greek work for “Beginning”
Foundational Truths From Genesis Chapter 1:1 - 2:3
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Genesis 1:1 (NIV’84) “In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth.”
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“What is all this?”
“When did it all begin?”
“How did it begin?”
“Who is behind it?”
Genesis 1:1 brings together two great sources of human
knowledge:
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Why is Genesis 1:1 so important?
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The importance of a _______________________
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The importance of a _______________________
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Why Did God Rest?
Genesis 1:3,6,9,14,20,24,26,(NIV’84) “and God said”
God said...and it happened!
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Everything was created out of nothing.
Everything in creation is an expression of the creative
mind of God.
Everything in creation is an example of the super
natural power of God.
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Genesis 1:12,18,21,25,31 (NIV’84) “it was good”
“it was good” impacts me two ways:
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Material things are not evil in and of themselves
God rejoices in what He has made
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Because He was _______________________
Hebrews 4:3b (NIV’84) “God’s work has been finished since the creation of
the world.”
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To give me_____________________________
Exodus 20:9-11 (NCV) “Work and get everything done during six days each
week, 10but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God…
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The reason is that in six days the Lord made everything – the sky, the earth,
the sea, and everything in them. On the seventh day He rested.”
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To fulfill _______________________________
Hebrews 4:9-11 (NIV’84) “There remains, then, a Sabbath – rest for the
people of God; 10for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own
work, just as God did from His. 11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter
that rest…”
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These 5 Ultimate Foundations For Purpose Also Give Me 5
Personal Foundations For Purpose Every Day!
Genesis 1:3- 2:1 (NIV’84) – Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Day 1 – Light and Darkness
Day 2 – Earth’s Atmosphere
Day 3 – Dry Land and Seas Separated
Plants and Trees
Day 4 – Sun, Moon and Stars: Seasons, Days and Years
Day 5 – Sea Creatures and Birds
Day 6 – Land Animals, Mankind
Day 7 – Creation Completed and God Rests
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God at the beginning of everything
God’s Word to start each day
God’s Joy to end each day
God’s working through a process in my life
Rest as a part of God’s creative purpose
Creation: An orderly unfolding of the mind and the purposes of
God.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV’84) “’For I know the plans I have for you’, declares the
Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future.’”
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Genesis 2:2-3(NIV’84) “By the seventh day God had finished the work He
had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His work. 3And God
blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all
the work of creating that He had done.”
Isaiah 40:28 (NIV’84) “The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the
ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding, no
one can fathom.”
Homework:
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Take 15 minutes this week to think about the fact that God planned your life before you were born.
Begin each day this week with God’s Word.
Take 5 minutes at the end of each day this week to thank God for something in your life that is “good”.
Ask God as you’re going to sleep one night this week, “What’s the next step in my growth in You?”
REST! Take an actual, real day of rest this week.