1-06-19 || New Direction For A New Year

1. God Created By Speaking
Genesis 1:1-3 – “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”

2. God Related By Speaking
Genesis 3:8-10 – “Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, ‘Where are you?’ He answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.’”
Genesis 2:16-17 – “And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’”

3. God Demonstrated By Speaking
Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Hebrews 1:1-2 – “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.”
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
1 Corinthians 14:3 – “But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort.”