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Northland Church

Heaven's Dream and Jacob's Reality

Heaven's Dream and Jacob's Reality

A message from Pastor Josh Laxton

Locations & Times

Northland Church

522 Dog Track Rd, Longwood, FL 32750, USA

Saturday 5:00 PM

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 11:00 AM

Monday 7:00 PM

Welcome to Northland!
Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.

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MISSION:

God is on mission to REDEEM a PEOPLE from all peoples to REFLECT His Glory in all spheres of life.
MAIN POINT:

Joining God on Mission = Journeying with Him in Redemption
FIRST LEG:

Journeying with Him in Redemption begins when Heaven’s Dream becomes a Heathen’s Reality.
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman. 2 Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3 May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. 4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau . . . Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.
“I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz. Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord will be my God and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”
(Genesis 28:1–5; 10–22)
#1: THE RUNAWAY WITH BROKEN DREAMS (LIVING PHYSICALLY BUT SPIRITUALLY DEAD)

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”. . .Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. (Genesis 27:41; 28:10–11)
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You CAN’T gain Heaven’s Blessings through Hell’s Behaviors.

....that takes you further away from God, further into brokenness, and further into chaos.
#2: THE DREAM OF HEAVEN (GOD PURSUES US AMIDST OUR BROKEN DREAMS)
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Jesus comes all the way down to your rock bottom to raise you all the way up to Heaven’s Throne.
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#3: AWAKENING FAITH (FAITH-FILLED RESPONSE)
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#4: ACTIVATING FAITH - THE VOW JOURNEYING WITH GOD IN REDEMPTION & JOINING HIM ON HIS MISSION
Since God is Who He says He is Since God will do what He says He’ll do

I Promise... I Vow...

Loyalty—Connection—Stewardship
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