Woonsocket | Embracing God’s Call
Walking Boldly into Purpose
From Genesis 12:1-4
1. : Building Intimacy with God.
📖 Genesis 12:1 NIV The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.”
This wasn’t just
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This was
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📖 Hebrews 11:8 ESV By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out… not knowing where he was going.
📖 Romans 8:30a ESV And those whom he predestined, he also called…
📖 Isaiah 43:1b ESV I have called you by name, you are mine.
2. : Responding in Faith.
📖 Genesis 12:4 ESV So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
📖 Hebrews 11:6 ESV And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
“Faith” in Greek is pistis = a confident trust in divine truth.
“Obedience” in Greek is hupakoe = to listen under, to submit by hearing.
Therefore, “biblical obedience” isn’t forced compliance. It’s the result of hearing God and trusting him enough to follow.
📖 Romans 10:17 ESV So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
📖 Acts 7:2-4ESV Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’ 4 Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living.
We see that God’s are more important than faith.
3. : When God’s Call Breaks Comfort and Unlocks Purpose.
📖 Genesis 12:1 ESV Now the Lord saidto Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.
Moses, Jeremiah, the disciples, and Paul:
Comfort was
… but
was
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Action steps:
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– Through Scripture, prayer, or wise counsel.
• – What’s God nudging you to leave behind?
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– Even when it doesn’t all make sense.
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– God doesn’t give us the full map, but He promises His presence.
The point is your is on the other side of your .
4. : Hearing God’s Voice Amid Life’s Noise.
📖 Genesis 12:4a ESV So Abram went, as the Lord had told him.
Real discernment:
You may not know the
, but you know
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5. : Obedience That Produces Lasting Impact.
📖 Genesis 12:2-3 ESV And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
activates the of God.
📖 John 15:5b NIV “If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit.”
comes from abiding.
leads to obedience.
And
leads to fruit.
Sermon in a Sentence:
Embracing God’s call begins with , is fueled by , challenges our , requires , and leads to a life of lasting .
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