July 4, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• The Story of God
• Genesis
• Favoritism
• Hatred
• Providence of God
• Genesis 37

God was up to something in Joseph’s life. Jacob made him a leader too soon and it went to his head. God’s dreams didn’t help too much either. He was young, brash and a bit full of himself. But God wasn’t done with Joseph. That’s why his story is only beginning.   What looks like a nightmare now, may just turn out for his good. And by the way, what’s true of Joseph is also true of you. What looks like a nightmare in now, may just turn out for your good. God may just be up to something good for you.

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June 27, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• The Story of God
• Genesis
• baptism
• Faithfulness of God
• Goodness of God
• Greatness of God
• Renewal
• Repentance
• Genesis 35

Jacob has brought his people back to God.  He has led his people to worship God. And now He will be the man to lead the people of God. God has spoken in to His life. His Word renews Jacob faith in a great God. His Word renews Jacob’s faith in a good God. And His Word renews Jacob’s faith in a faithful God. God renews His covenant with Jacob, to renew his faith.

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June 20, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• The Story of God
• Genesis
• Courage
• Faith
• Honesty
• Humility
• reconciliation
• Respect
• Genesis 33

To give respect one needs to humble themselves. This is an important step in the reconciliation process. If you’re wanting to mend a broken relationship, coming to them in humility is an absolute must. Why? This is how Jesus came to us. He humbled himself and made himself a servant. This is now Jacob’s posture.

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June 11, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• The Story of God
• Genesis
• Faith
• fear
• Identity
• reconciliation
• Genesis 32

Jacob prays out of his relationship with God, the God who is for him. He comes to Him in humility and asks nothing more from God then do what He promises. He gives credit to God for all he has. And he’s honest: He admits his fears to God. Oh that we’d learn to be this honest with God like this: to pour out our fears, our burdens, our doubts – whatever. Jacob literally lays all his burdens at the feet of God. Jacob’s knows he’s come out of the frying pan and into the fire, and only God can rescue him. This is a great prayer… and it’s the kind of prayer God loves to answer.

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June 6, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• The Story of God
• Genesis
• confidence
• Faith
• Grace
• Justice
• Genesis 30:25 - 31:55

Now, don’t get me wrong, Jacob was not a model citizen; he has spent most of his life looking out for number one. But today Jacob is at a crossroads. He’s come to the place where he’s had enough of Uncle Laban’s tricks. He’s come to the place where he’s tired of Laban’s games. It’s time to put up or shut up. Jacob’s taken it from Laban long enough. For today he’s going to step up and be the man God’s called him to be, and we’re going to see just what got into Jacob that gave him the confidence to stand up to Laban.

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May 30, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• The Story of God
• Genesis
• Conflict
• desperate
• Grace
• rivalry
• unloved
• Genesis 29-30

If you are unloved, God is always drawn to you. He loves you. If you see yourself in Rachel; it doesn’t matter if you are a woman or a man. What matters is that you’ve come to the place in your life where you are ready to quit striving to get what you think will make your life worth living and surrender your ways and trust in God to remove your shame, your guilt, your pain, and wait on Him to save your life. For God promises you this: He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; He hears their cry and saves them. Psalm 145:19

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May 23, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• The Story of God
• Genesis
• deceit
• Dowry
• Idolatry
• Love
• Passion
• Rachel
• Strength
• Genesis 29:1-30

Sometimes we’re just like Jacob. We go after what we want with all our strength and all our passion and still come up wanting. Has that been your experience? Are you like Jacob? Or have you come to the place in your life where you recognize that you really are powerless, and you need God?

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May 21, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• The Story of God
• Genesis
• Crisis
• Faith
• Famine
• Protection
• Provision
• Tests
• Genesis 12-15

Like Abram, we are strangers in a strange land. This world is not our home. There will be times when we will be tested in this world to let fear control us. But do not fear. Take God as your shield. Believe God as your reward. He will always protect you.

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April 26, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• Psalms
• Refreshment
• Rest
• Restore
• Shepherd King
• Psalm 23

We are so often consumed with meeting our own needs, protecting our own lives, that we forget that this is how God is wired to care for us. He created you. He knows what you need for life. He knows what is best for you. And because He is good, He will always give you what you need. But our problem is that we either forget this, or we don’t believe it.

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April 19, 2017

• Larry Sundin
• The Hero of Our Story
• 1 Corinthians
• 1 Peter
• Acts 2
• John
• Mark
• Matthew
• Crucifixion
• Joy
• New Life
• Resurrection
• Son of God
• 1 Corinthians 15
• Acts 2
• Acts 4
• John 11
• John 20
• Mark 15
• Matthew 20

Meeting the resurrected Jesus will change you. It will give you joy, like Mary and the disciples, it will move you to love like that first community of followers. And it might just change the direction of your life, like it did to the Apostle Paul.

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