Understanding Life’s Sanctity
Building Strong Families – Part 6
Life Church – March 20, 2011
Pastor Dan Walker
Deuteronomy 11:18-19 (NIV) Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Exodus 20:13 (NIV) You shall not murder.
Genesis 9:6 (NIV) Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.
1. God’s wisdom for life decisions
A. God says “NO to ____________”
Romans 14:7 (NIV) For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone.
B. God says “NO to _____________________”
Job 12:10 (NIV) In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
C. God says “NO to __________________”
Psalm 139:15-16 (NIV) My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
D. God says “NO to __________________”
Matthew 5:21-22a (NIV) "You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.
2. God’s thoughts about your life
Psalm 139:17 (NIV) How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
A. God says “I _______ about you”
1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
B. God says “I have _________ for you”
Psalm 138:8 (NLT) The LORD will work out his plans for my life— for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever.
C. God says “I __________ you”
Luke 12:7 (NIV) Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
D. God says “I __________ you”
John 3:16 (NIV) 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.