What Kind of Relationship Does God Desire? Sermon Notes

Sermon 2 of our series titled "Think Like Jesus Series"

John 3:16 (NIV) - (16) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Genesis 3:8-10 (NIV) - (8) Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. (9) But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” (10) He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

God desires an _____________ relationship.

John 4:34 (NIV) - (34) “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

God desires a ____________ relationship.

John 5:19-20 (NIV) - (19) Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. (20) For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.

John 1:12-13 (NIV) - (11) He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. (12) Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— (13) children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

God desires a ___________________ relationship.