Be Extraordinary: Lessons From The Ark – Sermon Notes

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 KJV

Extraordinary:

being beyond what is usual, regular, or established

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  Romans 10:17 KJV

We work together with God…  2 Corinthians 6:1 CEV

7 Because Noah had faith, he built a large boat for his family. God told him what was going to happen. His faith made him hear God speak and he obeyed. His family was saved from death because he built the boat. In this way, Noah showed the world how sinful it was. Noah became right with God because of his faith in God.  Hebrews 11:7 NLV

32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and JaphethGenesis 5:32 NIV 

6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. Genesis 6:6 NIV

8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.  Genesis 6:8 NIV 

When You Are Building Something Great You Must:

Listen For God’s Voice In The Midst Of Chaos

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  Romans 10:17 KJV

If you wander off the road to the right or the left, you will hear his voice behind you saying, “Here is the road. Follow it.”  Isaiah 30:21 GWT

When You Are Building Something Great You Must

Be Obedient Even If It Contradicts Human Logic

7 Because Noah had faith, he built a large boat for his family. God told him what was going to happen. His faith made him hear God speak and he obeyed. Hebrews 11:7 NLV

7 Because Noah had faith, he built a large boat for his family. God told him what was going to happen. His faith made him hear God speak and he obeyed. His family was saved from death because he built the boat. Hebrews 11:7 NLV

When You Are Building Something Great You Must

Keep Showing Up In Spite Of

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.  Genesis 7:11-12 NIV 

2-3 I knew they were scheming to hurt me so I sent messengers back with this: “I’m doing a great work; I can’t come down. Why should the work come to a standstill just so I can come down to see you?” Nehemiah 6:2-3 MSG

57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:57-58 NIV

57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [as conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].  1 Corinthians 15:57-58 AMP

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