Big Idea: The Christian Life is best lived with an appreciation and awareness that God exists WITH US.

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.” - Saint Augustine

Emmanuel Hebrew “God is with us.” Combination of the Hebrew expression “with us” and the word for God (El) from Elohim.

God WITH US in the garden. Genesis 2:25

Genesis 3:8 Tabernacle: Mishkan /mish-kawn’/ Hebrew “dwelling”

Exodus 25:8

God WITH US as Jesus. John 1:1-2

John 1:14

Matthew 1:23

John 14:8-11

God WITH US now in Spirit. Pleroo v. /plēroō/ Greek “to make full.”

God with us: make us complete, lacking in nothing. 2 Timothy 1:14

John 16:7

John 14:12

A Life Marked by God with Us: ● Clarity/understanding (Who God is) ● Experiencing God’s power (The work that God has for me) ● Growth & Maturity (The plan God has for my life)

RESPONSE: ● God Dwells WITH YOU. ● Open your eyes to the intimacy God has called you to. ● Prayer: “God you are here, you’ve always been here, now I am here with you.”

Nothing in or of this world measures up to the simple pleasure of experiencing the presence of God. - A.W. Tozer