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Week 4 | October 12th

Created to Flourish

You were created to flourish! In this message, guest speaker Pastor Lee Cummings unpacks Psalm 92:12–15 and reminds us that from the very beginning, God designed humanity to flourish in His presence. But what happened when sin entered the story, and how has Jesus restored what was lost? We'll walk through how Christ restores our purpose, empowers our calling, and invites us to build a world filled with His glory. Are you living like someone who’s merely surviving, or someone who’s truly flourishing in God’s design? Dive in and rediscover what it means to flourish in His presence.

Notes Table Talk
Lee Cummings
WASHED

Elevation Rhythm

Firm Foundation (He Won't)

Maverick City Music

No One Like The Lord (We Crown You)

Bethel Musics

Created To Thrive

Text: Psalm 92:12-15 ESV

God designed human beings to FLOURISH from the very beginning and designed an ENVIRONMENT in which their maximum potential and purpose would be realized. 

Genesis 1:26-28 

26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

OUR FALSE ASSUMPTIONS AND BELIEFS:

“If God designed us to flourish, why are we so prone to fail, falter and fear?”

We believe that some people are “exceptional” — and so we call them heroes

FOUR REALMS FOR US TO FLOURISH:

  1. Identity = Image Bearers of God

  2. Authority = Dominion over the earth (born out of our identity and intimacy)

  3. Fruitfulness = productive. multiplication.CREATING MORE of what God has put IN US

  4. Inheritance/Partnership = crafting the world into a temple/house for God’s glory to fill

WHAT DID WE LOSE IN THE FALL?

  1. The PRESENCE OF GOD 

Genesis 3:8-9 “And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day and the man and his wife hid themselves from the Presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.”

Garden =  a place of protection, shelter and order. An environment of boundaries under protective guardianship. A cultivated place

WHAT HAS JESUS RESTORED?

Identity — John 1:12 “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name he gave the right to become children of God”

Authority — Matthew 28:18 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. God 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 that I have comma did you. And Behold I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Fruitfulness — John 15:16 “You did not choose me, but I have chosen you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give it to you.”

Partnership/ Inheritance —  1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people but now you are God’s people; once you did not receive mercy, but now you have received mercy

|| Flourishing in your Identity || Genesis 1:26-28 “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’”

Psalm 92:12 “The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”

  1. Are you hiding behind trees or are you drawing near to God?

  2. Are you staying potted, or are you planting yourself in the house of the Lord?

  3. Do you find yourself stunted in growing spiritually? Where do you think that’s coming from?

ROCK SOLID

Power Verse: 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love."

Week 2 - Unseen Truth - How can we believe in a God we cannot see?
Can we physically see God with our eyes?
What other things are real that we can’t see?
How can we see God in other ways?
What is faith?

ROCK SOLID

Power Verse: 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love."

Week 2 - Unseen Truth - How can we believe in a God we cannot see?
Can we physically see God with our eyes?
What other things are real that we can’t see?
How can we see God in other ways?
What is faith?

ACTS by saddleback kids


Power Verse: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witness telling people about me everywhere.”
Learn the hand motions here!


Week 2 - Peter Heals a Beggar
What happened to the beggar who couldn’t walk?
What is something you need help with?
Who can help you?

ACTS by saddleback kids


Power Verse: "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witness telling people about me everywhere.”
Learn the hand motions here!

All Month - God sends the Holy Spirit
Who is the Holy Spirit?
Why did God send us the Holy Spirt?
How can the Holy Spirit help you?