Lesson 1 God of Creation
In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth. Gen. 1:1
We Praise you God (Hebrew EL):
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… for you existed before time… timeless, with no
beginning or end
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… for you existed before creation … ever-present
God
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… for you are the creator of heavens and earth
(Neh. 9:6)
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… for you are the creator of both visible and
invisible (Col.1:16)
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… for you created all things by your powerful
Word/ Jesus Christ you Son (Jn. 1:1-4)
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… for you created all things by your Holy Spirit
(Ps. 104:30)
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… for you created us as firstfruits, brand new
and not refurbished
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… for you created us from nothing (Isaiah 40:26)
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… for you are our creator…created, formed, and
made (Isaiah 43:7)
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… for you have created us by your will to have
our being (Rev. 4:11)
Our Father God we acknowledge that we are created by
you:
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… to worship you for giving us life (Neh.
9:6)
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… to worship you along with the multitude
of heavenly hosts (Neh. 9:6)
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… to record your deeds for the yet to be
born to praise you (Ps. 102:18)
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… to praise you for at your command we
were created (Ps. 148:5)
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… for your glory to call on your name as
our creator (Isa. 43:7)
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… with new birth to be like you in
righteousness and holiness (Eph. 4:24)
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… to be holy and blameless in your sight
(Eph. 1:4)
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… to do good works, prepared in advance for us
to do (Eph. 2:10)
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… with new birth through the word of truth to
be a kind of firstfruits over all creation (Jam. 1:18)
Father God we acknowledge that we have sinned against
you:
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… by worshiping & serving created things
rather than our creator
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… by going after schemes though we were created
upright (Ecc. 7:29)
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.. we are sorry for our known and unknown
disobedience.
We ask you to restore us:
1.
… our heart’s desire to worship you for giving
us eternal life through Jesus Christ
2.
… our heart’s desire to praise you for we have
given birth by your mercy
3.
… our heart’s desire to glorify you by calling
on the name of Jesus Christ
4.
… our heart’s desire to respond to your word of
truth to live
a.
holy,
b.
blameless
c.
righteous lives by the power of the Holy Spirit 5. … our heart’s desire to do good works that you
have prepared for us. | 
