BUILDING A LEGACY: GROWING AND FRUITFUL!

Doug Sherman March 17, 2013

Genesis 26:22b - For now the Lord has

made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Legacy - Something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past.

THE KEY TEXT

Genesis 26:4;12-13;22 ESV -

1. THE PROMISE OF THE MULTIPLICATION OF OFFSPRING! A) Verse 4 - I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

B) Galatians 3:16; 29; 4:28 -

C) THE PROMISE AND PICTURE OF GODS BLESSING TO MULTIPLY!

1) Genesis 1:28 ESV -

2) Exodus ESV 1:7 -

3) Acts 2:5-11 & 41 ESV

4) Acts 6:7 ESV -

5) Acts 9:31 ESV -

6) Acts 12:24 ESV -

7) Acts 13:44 & 49 ESV -

2. THE MULTIPLICATION OF SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL RESOURCES! A) Verses 12-13 - 12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him, 13 and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy

B) ADVANCE GIFTS ANNOUNCEMENT OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND BUILDING TEAM = 9 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE COMMITTED $43,532!

C) Philippians 4:19 ESV - 19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

D) THE PLAN - THE 100/300 PLAN 1) 100 NEW PEOPLE

2) 300K 3. THE BLESSING OF ROOM TO GROW AND FRUITFULNESS!

A) Verse 22 - And he moved from there

and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

B) THIS BUILDING IS TOO SMALL WE DONT HAVE ROOM TO GROW!

C) Galatians 6:9 ESV - 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.