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Why does God bless us?

“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

“Once you were not a people,but now you are the people of God;

once you had not receivedmercy, but now you have received mercy.”

Our Call: 1 Peter 2:9-10

I. People with a Purpose

Genesis 12:1-3 - God’s Promise to Abraham

“I will bless you . . . and so you willbe a blessing . . . and in you all thefamilies of the earth will be blessed.”

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 theearth, your salvation among all nations.”

I. People with a Purpose

God’s Purpose for Us: To be His witnesses

To disciple the nations

To declare His glory

I. People with a Purpose

II. Promise of His Power

Acts 1:8 - The Power of the Holy Spirit

“But you will receive power when theHoly Spirit comes on you; and you willbe my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the endsof the earth.”

“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 thatI 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

“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 thatI 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

“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 thatI 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

God empowers us to goas missionaries

II. Promise of His Power

God empowers us to goas volunteers

II. Promise of His Power

God empowers all ofus to give sacrificially

II. Promise of His Power

III. Prospects of His Praise

Giving + Praying + Going

People Saved + New Churches + Kingdom Growth

“After this I looked and there before mewas a great multitude that no one couldcount, from every nation, tribe, people

andlanguage, standing before the throne and

in front of the Lamb . . .”

Our Future Revelation 7:9-10

“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

Psalm 46:10

III. Prospects of His Praise

“I will be exalted among the nations I will be exalted in the earth.”

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

That All Peoples May Know Him!