02/06/2022 Midtown Church Sacramento
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Pastor Christa Armstead
Main Text: Genesis 1:1-5,1:27-28, Ephesians 2:10 , Esther 4:14, Ephesians 5:15-17 (NIV/MSG)
Genesis 1:1-5 (NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Genesis 1:27-28 (NIV)
So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
GOD CREATED SPACE & TIME FOR US — YOU & I
WE HAVE BEEN CREATED ON PURPOSE FOR GOD’S PURPOSE
Point #2 –God Sees Ahead of Time
Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Esther 4:12-14 (MSG)
When Hathach told Mordecai what Esther had said, Mordecai sent her this message: “Don’t think that just because you live in the king’s house you’re the one Jew who will get out of this alive. If you persist in staying silent at a time like this, help and deliverance will arrive for the Jews from someplace else; but you and your family will be wiped out. Who knows? Maybe you were made queen for just such a time as this.”
Point #3 – FINALLY, Now Is the Right Time
Ephesians 5:15-17(NIV)
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
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