Austin Baptist Church

Genesis 1:3-23

1. God’s Word has POWER
2. God gives LIFE
3. God is our SECURITY
4. God gives us ORDER
5. God is GLORIOUS

1 Corinthians 16:5-7

1. VISIONARY churches look forward to what’s NEXT

2. A FINISH line is a STARTING line to something else

Q: Why do we keep running?
 -The MISSION has not ended

3. The world is still LOST

4. Our race is not OVER

5. God has opened a DOOR of opportunity for ABC

Q: What door has He opened?
 -A door for MISSIONS
 -A door for MINISTRIES
 -A door to DREAM

6. LIFE CHANGE happens when we walk through OPEN DOORS

Genesis 1:1-3 

Romans 1:18-20

1. Our God is ETERNAL

Psalm 90:2

Isaiah 40:28

Ecclesiastes 3:11

“A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food.  A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water.  Men feel sexual desire: well, there is such a thing as sex.  If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.  If none of my earthly pleasures satisfy it, well, earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it, but only to arouse it, to suggest the real thing.” – CS Lewis, Mere Christianity.

2. Our God is the CREATOR

Jeremiah 33:27

Ephesians 3:20-21

3.Our God is TRIUNE

Colossians 1:16

John 1:2-3

Acts 17:24-25

4. Our God wants to LIGHT up your LIFE

John 8:12

2 Timothy 3:16-17

Help you know that you can trust that the Bible you have today is the word of God and reliable. 
Help you understand that regularly engaging with the Word of God will radically change your life.

1. Profitable through Teaching
2.Profitable through Reproof and Correction
3. Profitable for Training in Righteousness

Slide: the Bible
Teaches Us
Convicts Us
Restores Us
Trains Us

Tips:
-The Gospels are always a good place to start reading
-Set a goal. Try for 10-15 minutes a day to start.
-Make it a discipline.
-Comprehension not completion
-Find a translation that works for you
-NLT, ESV, CSB, NKJV

How to Read
-Start with Prayer
-SOAP Method
-Scripture - Read whatever your chosen text is
-Observation: Ask questions about the text (who, what, where, when, why). Focus on repeated words, commands, and themes.
-Application - Reflect on how the verse applies to your life today.
-Prayer - Pray that God to seal the deal

Helpful Tools
-Bible App
-Enduring Word Commentary Online
-Dwell Bible App
-Get a Study Bible

2 Timothy 3:16-17

1. All Scripture
2. Is inspired by God
3. And profitable

Isaiah 9:1-7

Why Rejoice?
     -Jesus has set us FREE
     -Jesus is the KING of kings
     -Jesus will reign FOREVER

Micah 5:1-5

1. God chooses the WEAK and makes them STRONG
2. Knowing ABOUT the King is not the same as KNOWING the King
3. Our King is also our Good Shepherd
     -He is our STRENGTH
     -He is our SECURITY
     -He is our PEACE

Isaiah 7:1-14

1. God wants to FIGHT our battles FOR us
2. Sometimes we SEARCH for the saviors we THINK we need
3. God SENT us the Savior he KNOWS we need
4. How is Jesus a Better Savior?
     -He is Fully God
     -He is Fully Man
     -He is With Us

Luke 3:1-20

Observations of John
     1. John calls us to repentance
     2. John points us to Jesus
     3. John demonstrates confidence in the future
We cannot worship a Savior we think we do not need.
Repentance opens the doorway to joy. 

Psalm 103

1. The enemy wants you to FORGET the goodness of God
2. What makes us forget?
     -Pain
     -Pleasure
     -People
3. COUNT your blessings, don’t COMPARE them
4. Why Give Thanks? 
     -He forgives (vs. 3)
     -He heals (vs. 3)
     -He redeems (vs. 4)
     -He crowns (vs. 4)
     -He satisfies (vs. 5)
     -He renews (vs. 5)
     -He works (vs. 6)
      -He reveals (vs. 7)
     -He is patient (vs. 8-9)
     -He is gracious (vs. 10)
     -He loves (vs. 11)
     -He cleanses (vs. 12)
     -He is compassionate (vs. 13)
     -He knows (vs. 14)
     -He is everlasting (vs. 15-19)

5. When GRATITUDE rises, WORSHIP naturally follows