Restoring the Creator-Creature Relationship

Published: Sept. 22, 2013, 10 a.m.

b'The Pursuit of God Restoring the Creator-Creature RelationshipSeptember 22, 2013Today\\u2019s Goal: To better understand the collapse and restoration of a proper relationship with GodGod\\u2019s great desire is to bless His people (ref. Genesis 22:18, Jeremiah 29:11)\\u201cEvery good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.\\u201d James 1:17 App: Are you walking in God\\u2019s blessing? The Need for Restoration: (ref. Romans 1:25-26)\\u201cAnyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come. All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into His friends and gave us the task of making others His friends also. Our message is that God was making all human beings His friends through Christ.\\u201d2Corinthians 5:17-19 GNVApp: Have you been reconnected to the Father through Christ? Making God Our \\u201cFixed Center\\u201d: \\u201c\\u2026let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.\\u201d Heb. 12:1b, 2a.App: Make God your \\u201cfixed center\\u201dWorship: Growing in Relationship to Abba requires we serve Him\\u201cBe exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.\\u201d Psalm 57:5 (ref. Revelation 4:11 KJV, Psalms 115:1)App: By an act of your will, allow God to have His proper place in your life "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." Humble yourselves, therefore, under God\'s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.\\u201d 1Peter 5:5b-7 (ref. John 8:34, 1Samuel 2:30b)The Umbrella of Provision, Protection and Power \\u201cI lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven.\\u201d Psalms 123:1\\u201cHe who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely He will save you from the fowler\'s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.\\u201d Psalms 91:1-4What is God\\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?'