5. US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION US GOD BLESSES

6. US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION Families GOD BLESSES

7. Churches GOD BLESSES US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION

8. Communities US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION GOD BLESSES

9. Nation US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION GOD BLESSES

10. US FAMILIES CHURCHES COMMUNITIES NATION GOD BLESSES Why does God bless us?

11. “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” Our Call: 1 Peter 2:9-10

12. “Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” Our Call: 1 Peter 2:9-10

13. I. People with a Purpose Genesis 12:1-3 - God’s Promise to Abraham “I will bless you... and so you will be a blessing... and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

14. Psalm 67:1-2 “God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us-- that Your way may be known on the earth, your salvation among all nations.” I. People with a Purpose

15. God’s Purpose for Us: To be His witnesses To disciple the nations To declare His glory I. People with a Purpose

16. II. Promise of His Power Acts 1:8 - The Power of the Holy Spirit “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

17. “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20 - The Great Commission II. Promise of His Power

18. “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20 - The Great Commission II. Promise of His Power

19. “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20 - The Great Commission II. Promise of His Power

20. God empowers us to go as missionaries II. Promise of His Power

21. God empowers us to go as volunteers II. Promise of His Power

22. God empowers all of us to give sacrificially II. Promise of His Power

23. III. Prospects of His Praise Giving + Praying + Going People Saved + New Churches + Kingdom Growth

24. “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb...” Our Future Revelation 7:9-10

25. “And they cried out in a loud voice: ‘Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.’” Our Future Revelation 7:9-10

26. Psalm 46:10 III. Prospects of His Praise “I will be exalted among the nations I will be exalted in the earth.”

27. Why does God bless us? III. Prospects of His Praise

28. That All Peoples May Know Him!