2. Our 7 Key Words for 2018
Rest
Freedom
Reverence
Trust
Generosity
Remember
Know

3. Rest- Looking to God as our source and provider.

4. What looks like real rest to you?
-Spending time at home with my family
-Going on a long hike in the forest by myself
-Drawing a detailed picture
-Working hard and getting dirty
-Sitting down with a good book and reading for a long time
-Going on a long bike ride
-Playing catch with a football on a cool day
-Building something out of wood.

5. What looks like real rest to you?
-Cleaning the house up real nice like
-Playing games with friends
-Reading my Bible and praying in a quiet place
-Playing music and singing along.
-Watching a good movie and not answering the phone
-Programming a new game on my computer
-Spending much time with God casting my cares on Him.
-Trusting God even when life doesn’t make sense

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9. Reverence

10. Fear = Revere, to behold in reverence
Reverence = to show honor or deep respect for someone
To Revere the Lord = to worship, follow and obey.

11. Reverence

12. How might God be inviting you into a deeper reverence for Him?
-Through personal discipline and self control
-Spending time alone with God
-Reflecting on how great God is.
-Worshiping the Lord by singing songs of praise.
-Living in obedience in what God really wants me to do

13. Trust

16. In what ways would you like to grow in trust?
-Trusting God for the finances that I need.
-Trusting God for my future decisions
-Depend on God more to work in other people’s lives
-Be calm and not anxious in the moment
-Learning to be content with what I have
-Living simply

17. Generosity –
Sharing our finances, our resources, our time, our skills

18. Read Deut. 15:7-8, 10
7If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. 8Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need. 10Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.

19. How might God be calling you towards increased generosity?
-Practicing hospitality more by inviting others to our home
-Use my skills more for His glory
-Be a better listener
-Do a better job of tithing
-Give a special one-time large financial gift to the Lord
-Support a missionary financially
-Give of my time generously to others
-Put others first before myself

20. Generosity –
Sharing our finances, our resources, our time, our skills

21. Remember

22. Acts 7:6 God spoke to him in this way: 'Your descendants will be
Out of Egypt =
Acts 7:6 God spoke to him in this way: 'Your descendants will be
strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and
mistreated four hundred years.

23. In what ways could remembering the past give life to your future?
-Taking time to reflect on God’s faithfulness in the past
-Take time to write down memories
-Take time to reflect, and thank God as I look through past photos and journals
-Write down how God worked in Israel’s history
–Find a quite place by myself to just be still and thank God.

24. Know
Understanding more and more who God is. 

25. I am the Lord your God.
I AM – Yahweh

26. Yahweh – The Lord and personal God.

27. Jehovah Jireh – The Lord my provider
Jehovah Tsaba – The Lord my warrior
Jehovah Shalom – The Lord my peace
Jehovah Rohi – The Lord my shepherd
Jehovah Nissi – The Lord my banner
Jehovah Mekoddishkem – the Lord who sanctifies me
Jehovah Rapha – The Lord who heals me
Jehovah Tsidkenu – The Lord my righteousness

28. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,
maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. Ex. 34:6-8

29. How would you like to really know God?
-To understand the names of God and what they mean
-To understand the work of the Holy Spirit
-To understand the many ways God has shown His love.
-To deeply study the Gospels
-To know God’s mercy, grace, and love.
-Memorize more scripture

30. Rest
Freedom
Reverence
Trust
Generosity
Remember
Know