Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you and your people will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem... The time is coming - and is here! - when true worshipers will worship in spirit and truth. The Father looks for those who worship him this way. God is spirit, and it is necessary to worship God in spirit and truth." - Jesus to the Woman at the Well, John 4: 21-23

Story: Jake Magnum "God getting my attention"

https://www.facebook.com/cedarmillchristumc/videos/495361717911559/?t=1

Scripture: John 3:1-7

Story: Gordon Mallon "Representing Innocent People"

https://www.facebook.com/cedarmillchristumc/videos/1097797200430430/?t=1

Scripture: Genesis 29:14-30

Scripture: Genesis 29:14-30

Cheating Your Way into Blessing Pastor Ric Shewell

The Family stories in Genesis are about BLESSINGS.

Jacob and Rebekah believe that if you want blessing, you have to take it!

Two kinds of blessings:

Creational blessing . . .

He makes the sun rise on both the evil and the good and sends rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous. -Mat 5:45

RESTORATIVE blessing . . .

I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. -Gen 12:2

I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. - John 10:10

God’s Long Term Rescue Project: to restore creation to a right relationship, to forgive sins, to establish justice, to end evil, to give abundant life, to make all things right.