Known by God to Make God Known
Mercy Culture Church | Pastor Vanessa Hector
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This signet ring, inscribed with the Hebrew words for “KNOWN” and “AUTHORITY,” is a daily reminder: through deep, consistent intimacy with Jesus, we carry His authority. May wearing it stir a hunger to know and be known by Him, always ready to be sent in His name.
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Isaiah 45:4-7
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4 For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
6 so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
6 so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
7 I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
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To fully know God, you must surrender to Him!
yada: To know, to perceive, to understand, to acknowledge
ginōskō: To know fully, to come to know, to recognize
Know- intimate relationship between a husband and wife, as well as the covenant relationship between God and Israel. To fully know to the uttermost, reflecting on the intimacy between a bride and the bridegroom becoming one with each other and becoming one with God.
ginōskō: To know fully, to come to know, to recognize
Know- intimate relationship between a husband and wife, as well as the covenant relationship between God and Israel. To fully know to the uttermost, reflecting on the intimacy between a bride and the bridegroom becoming one with each other and becoming one with God.
Simple Definition: Being fully loved by God
3 Steps to Knowing God:
1. He loved you first
1. He loved you first
Jeremiah 1:5
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5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
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Romans 5:8
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8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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3 Steps to Knowing God:
1. He loved you first
2. Make the choice
1. He loved you first
2. Make the choice
1 Corinthians 8:3
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3 But the one who loves God is known by God.
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Being known by God is cultivated and birthed through our daily encounters!
Practical Advice: In every season, be vulnerable with God.
God is made known when we are vulnerable with Him!
3 Steps to Knowing God:
1. He loved you first
2. Make the choice
3. Surrender
1. He loved you first
2. Make the choice
3. Surrender
To make God known, we must release control and surrender to being known by Him!
Romans 14:7-8
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7 For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
8 If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
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Psalm 25:4-5
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4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
5 Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
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Surrender is brokenness that pleases the Lord!
Our weaknesses reveal God's power and glory!
2 Corinthians 12:9
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9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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Our weaknesses are fertile ground for God’s glory!
Surrender says, “I need God.”
Control says, “I got this.”
Control says, “I got this.”
Psalm 46:10
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10 “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
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Jeremiah 16:21
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21 “Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.
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Question: What are you holding on to that you need to surrender?
Ezra 1:2-3
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2 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
3 Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
3 Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
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Women - We are known by God to make God known!
Isaiah 45:4-5
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4 For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
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Call- to invite
I name you- to prepare, to make ready
Name- as a mark
I name you- to prepare, to make ready
Name- as a mark
Ezekiel 39:7
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7 So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
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