{"id":6784,"date":"2026-09-04T15:45:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annanaz.com\/wordpress\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=6784"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:45:36","slug":"sunday-september-6-2026-sermon","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.annanaz.com\/wordpress\/sermons\/sunday-september-6-2026-sermon\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, September 6, 2026 Sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Week 2 \u2014 Genesis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God Uses Messy People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Text:<\/strong> Genesis 12:1\u20133; Genesis 50:20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CONGREGATION SERMON NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Genesis Is the Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genesis means <strong>__________________________<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genesis introduces us to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">God as __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The beginning of __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The entrance of __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">God&#8217;s plan to __________________________ what sin has damaged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genesis is God&#8217;s <strong>__________________________ Word<\/strong> and gives us the foundation for understanding the rest of Scripture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Genesis gives us the beginning of the story\u2014but the story is ultimately leading us to __________________________.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. God Starts With a Man Who Doesn&#8217;t Know Where He&#8217;s Going<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God called <strong>__________________________<\/strong> to leave his country, his people, and his father&#8217;s household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God didn&#8217;t give Abraham the entire plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He essentially said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201c__________________________.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abraham didn&#8217;t need to know everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He needed to know <strong>__________________________ was leading him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My faith doesn&#8217;t require me to know the whole plan. It requires me to trust the One who __________________________ me.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Abraham Didn&#8217;t Get Everything Right<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abraham:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Got __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Tried to protect __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">__________________________ about Sarah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Tried to __________________________ God when the promise seemed delayed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes we become impatient with God&#8217;s timing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God doesn&#8217;t operate according to my __________________________.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The promise was fulfilled because <strong>God kept His __________________________<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. Jacob \u2014 Grace Changes Us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacob was a:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But God didn&#8217;t leave Jacob the way He found him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God loved Jacob enough to __________________________ with him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God&#8217;s grace doesn&#8217;t simply overlook our sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God&#8217;s grace begins to <strong>__________________________ us<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holiness means allowing God to change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Our __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Our __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Our __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">What __________________________ us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There comes a place where we say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cGod, I belong completely to __________________________.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. Joseph \u2014 Faith in the Hard Places<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Betrayed by his __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Sold into __________________________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Falsely accused<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Put into __________________________<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph had to trust God even while he was still in the <strong>__________________________<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Faith isn&#8217;t only praising God when we understand. Sometimes faith is saying, \u201cGod, I don&#8217;t understand, but I&#8217;m still going to __________________________ You.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6. God Gets the Final Word<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph eventually told his brothers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cYou intended to harm me, but God intended it for __________________________.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph wasn&#8217;t saying what happened was good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cYou didn&#8217;t get the __________________________ word.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The brothers didn&#8217;t get the final word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prison didn&#8217;t get the final word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The famine didn&#8217;t get the final word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>__________________________ did.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God can take things He never desired for us and still bring <strong>__________________________<\/strong> out of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7. God Uses Messy People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The people in Genesis weren&#8217;t perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Abraham __________________________ and lied.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Sarah __________________________ at God&#8217;s promise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Isaac repeated some of his father&#8217;s __________________________.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Jacob was a __________________________.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Jacob&#8217;s sons were jealous and __________________________.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Joseph experienced years of slavery and __________________________.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story of Genesis isn&#8217;t:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLook how great these people were.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cLook what God can do with people who __________________________ Him.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8. God Doesn&#8217;t Leave Us Where He Finds Us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes we come to church and say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI&#8217;m doing __________________________.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But inside we may be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Struggling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Worried<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Angry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Tired<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Carrying regret<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Questioning God<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genesis reminds us that <strong>God meets people where they __________________________<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But He doesn&#8217;t leave them there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grace __________________________ us, and grace begins changing us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Holy Spirit can do something in our hearts that we cannot do for __________________________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9. God Is Building Something Bigger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God told Abraham:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cAll peoples on earth will be __________________________ through you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God was building a family through which He would eventually bless the world:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abraham \u2192 Isaac \u2192 Jacob \u2192 Twelve Tribes of Israel \u2192 __________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God took a complicated, imperfect family and brought the <strong>__________________________ of the world<\/strong> through them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only God could do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10. God Isn&#8217;t Finished<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genesis begins in a <strong>__________________________<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genesis ends in <strong>__________________________<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It begins with creation and ends with a <strong>__________________________<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Joseph&#8217;s coffin wasn&#8217;t the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next book is <strong>__________________________<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God isn&#8217;t finished.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t put a <strong>__________________________<\/strong> where God has only put a comma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MY RESPONSE TO GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Will you trust God with your story?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, I will give God:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2610 The good parts of my story<br>\u2610 The painful parts<br>\u2610 My mistakes<br>\u2610 My disappointments<br>\u2610 My family problems<br>\u2610 The things I understand<br>\u2610 The things I don&#8217;t understand<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I will trust God with my story because ________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ONE-PAGE ANSWER KEY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From Genesis to Revelation \u2014 Week 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God Uses Messy People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Genesis Is the Foundation<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">beginning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Creator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">humanity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">sin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">redeem<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">inspired<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Jesus Christ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Abraham<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Go \/ Trust Me<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Who<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">leads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Abraham&#8217;s Failures<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">scared<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">himself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">lied<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">help<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">calendar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">word<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Jacob<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">schemer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">deceiver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">manipulator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">deal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">hearts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">attitudes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">desires<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">controls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">You<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Joseph<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">brothers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">slavery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">prison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">prison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>God Gets the Final Word<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">good<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">final<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">God<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">redemption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>God Uses Messy People<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">got scared<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">laughed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">mistakes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">schemer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">violent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">prison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">trust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>God Doesn&#8217;t Leave Us Where He Finds Us<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">great<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">are<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">forgives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">ourselves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>God Is Building Something Bigger<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">blessed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Jesus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Savior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>God Isn&#8217;t Finished<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">garden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Egypt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">coffin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Exodus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MAIN TRUTH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Genesis isn&#8217;t primarily a story about how great people are. It&#8217;s a story about how great God is\u2014and what God can do through imperfect people who trust Him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TODAY&#8217;S QUESTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Will you trust God with your story?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION Week 2 \u2014 Genesis God Uses Messy People Text: Genesis 12:1\u20133; Genesis 50:20 CONGREGATION SERMON NOTES 1. Genesis Is the Foundation Genesis means __________________________. Genesis introduces us to: Genesis is God&#8217;s __________________________ Word and gives us the foundation for understanding the rest of Scripture. Genesis gives us the beginning of the story\u2014but the story is ultimately leading us to __________________________. 2. 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