Life. It's chaotic. Unpredictable. Sometimes messy. In the middle of it all what you think about God and what you think God thinks about you can really make a lot of difference. During this series we will explore some of the things about God that we wish everyone knew. Delivered August 6, 2017 at Mt Pleasant United Methodist Church, www.mympumc.net for sermon video and notes

2. The God I Wish You Knew

3. There is a Universal LONGING for God
I want to help you discover the God who IS,
not the God you IMAGINE!

4. “I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether
you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to
wear.
Isn’t life more than food,
and your body more than clothing?

5. Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store
food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them.
And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they
are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your
life?

6. “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies
of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or
make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was
not dressed as beautifully as they are.

7. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that
are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he
will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little
faith?

8. “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will
we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’
These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers,
but your heavenly Father already knows all your
needs.

9. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live
righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will
bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for
today. (Matthew 6)

10. God is NOT DISTANT
‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and
unsearchable things you do not know.’ Jer 33:3

11. There is an unmistakable connection
between LOVE and PROVISION

12. If you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm
and well fed,” but do nothing about their
physical needs, what good is it?” James 2:16

13. What do you see?

14. What do you see?

15. Jehovah-Jireh
He is the one who sees our needs and provides.

16. God knows what’s IMPORTANT
Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?

17. God knows your NEEDS
your heavenly Father already knows all your NEEDS

18. I still need proof…
This is my Body, BROKEN FOR YOU
This is my Blood, SHED FOR YOU
I Go to PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU