God as the Giver of Life

Hey guys, here's a rough outline of what I had in mind.... God as the Giver of Life. The idea is to focus the youth on God's life giving ministry, that is creation and redemption of life. We therefore are also givers of life having been given life by God (redeemed life).

Note: I will briefly touch upon creation. My personal stance is in the middle as regardless of how it happened, God is behind it. I will simply make that point to the youth and mention that there are faithful Christians on all sides of this equation. I'll leave it up to them if they wanna chat about that privately afterwards

OK, here's the outline:

God as the Giver of Life

I. God is the Giver of All Life (Genesis 1)

a. God as creator

b. All life comes from God, the originator of life

i. Will quickly mention that there are faithful Christians on both sides of the Creation/Evolution question

c. Adam and Eve – Sin destroys life

II. John: I Come so that they may have life and life to the full…

a. Jesus/God: Restorer of life

i. Eternal Life

ii. Corporeal Life

1. Freedom from sin

a. Galatians (It is for Freedom that we have been set free)

2. Reminder of “Straightforward Redemption”

3. Healing and wholeness

III. We therefore are givers of life…

a. We bring life to people that are dying (both physically and spiritually)

i. Evangelism

ii. Prayer

iii. Healing

iv. Forgiveness

v. Freedom from vicious cycles

God is personal

God personally invites you to have a relationship with Him. He is calling you out to truly live. God wants to be apart of every detail in your life. He created you not just to simply exist or to be average, but to be unique.

The bible is clear about your calling. We are to glorify Him in everything we do (Isaiah 43:6-7). From eating to drinking we are to bring glory to God (1 Corinthians 10:31).

What does it mean to glorify God?

To pray, and think, and dream, and plan, and work with God in every aspect of our lives is a way to glorify God. By bringing God into full focus and weaving Him into our every thought and every word and every action.

How does my relationship with God become more personal?

By going to the center and foundation of it all is the only way our relationship with God becomes more personal. Christ and the cross.

Here are some personal stories of my relationship with Christ and how they have shaped my life and have drawn me closer to God.

I’m going to draw this message into focusing on the cross of Jesus Christ. God is personal because he gave His son Jesus Christ to give us life. I’m going to try and make it clear and simple. My main point I want to drive home is this: Glorifying God is our joy and calling and passion and is the reason we were created. And a cross-centered life is a God glorifying life. In short, a relationship with Christ is all that matters.