Sermon Notes July 27, 2014

Jamey Mills

1. ______________ counts.
a. Our character has a huge ___________ on the people God has put around us.
b. Abraham’s _________________ was reaping blessing for his son Isaac.
c. God uses _____________ people.
d. Even though Abraham and Isaac fell short, they didn’t stop ____________ God, and God never _________ _____ on them either.
2. Life is better when we live in God’s ______________.
a. God’s promise to be with us is the most _________________ promise in all of Scripture.
b. His name … Immanuel literally means _______ _________ ____.
c. “Surely the Lord was in this place, and I wasn’t even ____________ of it”.
d. His presence in our lives is not an ___________, it is a ______________.
e. Life is always better, you can see better, when you are ________________ on God’s promises.

3. We know we believe God’s promises when _____________ is our _______________.
a. Isaac set up _________ in the place of God’s promise.
b. It was in the place of hearing God’s promise and worship that Jacob made a commitment to _________ _________ _____ _______… out of joy as a form of worship.
c. We know we understand the weight of God’s promise, and believe His promise when _____________ _____ _______ _______________.
d. Isaac was able to worship God regardless of trouble because he ______________ in God’s promise. He knew that God’s promise was bigger than any situation, larger than life, and greater than any ___________________.

Do I really believe God’s promises? Am I really setting up camp, living in and on the promises of God? If so, where is my worship and where is my monument of praise? Am I giving back to God out of the joy of what God has done and is doing in and around me?