1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

3. “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...” Hebrews 12:2 Chapter Four: “I Decided To Go” Genesis 12 How do we live a story worth telling? Chapter One: I Decided To Start Chapter Two:I Decided To Stop Chapter Three:I Decided To Stay Chapter Four:I Decided To Go (this week)

4. Joshua 24:2 “Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River Euphrates and worshipped other gods.’” Abram and Sarai “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...” Hebrews 12:2 Chapter Four: “I Decided To Go” Genesis 12 Ur of Chaldeans (Southern Iraq) Moon god - Nannar Sun god - Utu

5. Genesis 12:1 “The L ORD had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.” Abram and Sarai To go somewhere else, you have to leave where you are “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...” Hebrews 12:2 Chapter Four: “I Decided To Go” Genesis 12 Ur of Chaldeans (Southern Iraq) Moon god - Nannar Sun god - Utu

6. Genesis 12:2-3 ‘I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.’ Abram and Sarai We're not changed by the promises we make to God. We're changed by believing the promises God makes to us. “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...” Hebrews 12:2 Chapter Four: “I Decided To Go” Genesis 12 To step forward into what God is calling you to do, you might have to step away from your security

7. Genesis 12:4 “So Abram went, as the L ORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.” Abram and Sarai Sometimes the best decision you can make is to go, when it would be easier to stay “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...” Hebrews 12:2 Chapter Four: “I Decided To Go” Genesis 12

8. Matthew 10:32-33 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.” What does God want you to want? The application question What step of faith do you need to take? “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...” Hebrews 12:2 Chapter Four: “I Decided To Go” Genesis 12

9. Hebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that He exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Why is it that so many of us don't go when we think we're supposed to? “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...” Hebrews 12:2 Chapter Four: “I Decided To Go” Genesis 12 Hebrews 11:8 “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.”

10. How will you start what God calls you to start? “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...” Hebrews 12:2 Chapter Four: “I Decided To Go” Genesis 12 By faith... because without faith it is impossible to please God. You don't have to have faith to finish, you just have to have the faith to start Because the decisions you make today determine the stories you tell tomorrow

12. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.