1. SECTION 1.1 NKJV 1

2. Our powerful God created the world and everything in it in six days. God created all things for His own purposes. God’s purpose for us is to have a relationship with Him. MAIN IDEA NKJV 2

3. REVELATION 4:11 "You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created." MEMORY VERSE NKJV 3

4. Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. INTRODUCTION NKJV 4

5. What reason did you have for making your creation? Who got to decide what you did with your creation? INTRODUCTION NKJV 5

6. MAIN LESSON 1. Our powerful God created the world and everything in it in six days. NKJV 6

7. MAIN LESSON Genesis 1:1-31 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hover-ing over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was NKJV 7

8. MAIN LESSON NKJV 8 Genesis 1:1-31, continued light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the

9. MAIN LESSON NKJV 9 Genesis 1:1-31, continued midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament

10. MAIN LESSON NKJV Genesis 1:1-31, continued Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day. Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the 10

11. MAIN LESSON NKJV Genesis 1:1-31, continued together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; 11

12. MAIN LESSON NKJV Genesis 1:1-31, continued and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the 12

13. MAIN LESSON NKJV 13 Genesis 1:1-31, continued third day. Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on

14. MAIN LESSON NKJV 14 Genesis 1:1-31, continued the earth"; and it was so. Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over

15. MAIN LESSON NKJV Genesis 1:1-31, continued the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let 15

16. MAIN LESSON NKJV 16 Genesis 1:1-31, continued birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its

17. MAIN LESSON NKJV 17 Genesis 1:1-31, continued kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." So the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Then God said, "Let the earth bring

18. MAIN LESSON NKJV Genesis 1:1-31, continued forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind"; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that 18

19. MAIN LESSON NKJV 19 Genesis 1:1-31, continued creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,

20. MAIN LESSON NKJV Genesis 1:1-31, continued overall the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, 20

21. MAIN LESSON NKJV Genesis 1:1-31, continued "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the 21

22. MAIN LESSON NKJV Genesis 1:1-31, continued face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; 22

23. MAIN LESSON NKJV 23 Genesis 1:1-31, continued and it was so. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

24. MAIN LESSON 2. God created us for a special pur-pose, and that purpose is to have a relationship with Him and to be like Him in many ways. He created us in His image. NKJV 24

25. MAIN LESSON Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. NKJV 25

26. MAIN LESSON 3. We have a relationship with Him when we trust Christ as Savior. NKJV 26

27. MAIN LESSON John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” NKJV 27

28. MAIN LESSON 4. Once we have a relationship with God, we get to know Him better by reading the Bible and praying. NKJV 28

29. MAIN LESSON Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in every-thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. NKJV 29

30. MAIN LESSON 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. NKJV 30

31. FAITH IN ACTION 1.Why did God create us? 2.How do we begin our relationship with God? 3.What does it mean to be made in God’s image? How will that affect the way you think and act in your day-to-day life? 4.How do we get to know God after we have a relationship with Him? NKJV 31

32. Our powerful God created the world and everything in it in six days. SUM IT UP NKJV 32

33. God created us for a special purpose, and that purpose is to have a relation-ship with Him and to be like Him in many ways. He created us in His image. SUM IT UP NKJV 33

34. We have a relationship with Him by trusting Christ as our Savior. SUM IT UP NKJV 34

35. Once we have a relationship with God, we get to know Him better by reading the Bible and praying. SUM IT UP NKJV 35

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