Created for Communion with God
The Promise of Genesis 1 & 2
Harrison Perkins
Created for Communion with God: The Promise of Genesis 1 & 2
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For the elders with whom I’ve served on sessions who give
extraordinary service to Christ’s church
at Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC)—
John Frith, Mark Hakim, Mark Rebhan, and Greg Weigler
and at London City Presbyterian Church—
Dick Haffenden, Andy Longwe, Adam De Jong,
Gabriel Amorim, and Bob Akroyd
brothers in the gospel, co-laborers in our
vineyard, treasured friends
Prayer to the Maker of Heaven & Earth
An Invitation to Communion: Creation & Contemplating the Creator
Crafted for Communion: Beginning to Study the Beginning
The Beginning of Communion: The Creator & the Created
Effective Communion: God the Author of Order
Beautiful Communion: God the Bringer of Beauty
Made for Communion: Reflecting God’s Image
A Time for Communion: The Sabbath
A Place for Communion: The Garden in Eden
Communion by Covenant: A Trial by Trees
Creaturely Communion: Designed for Togetherness
Communion Pointing to Christ: Marriage
A Call to Communion: The Creator at the Heart of Creation
PRAYER TO THE MAKER OF HEAVEN & EARTH
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Almighty Father, you are the Maker of heaven and earth. Yet by our sin, by our fears, by our unbelief, we act as if the world is ours rather than yours. We so easily look more at your creation than to you, our Creator, exchanging the glory of the eternal God for that which our hands might fashion. Lift our eyes, O Lord, and refresh us with your glorious majesty that we might be captivated by the great breadth of your splendor. By your Word show us the light of your countenance and we shall be whole. We pray you hear us because of Christ, Amen.
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About Created for Communion with God: The Promise of Genesis 1 & 2
God made us to know him In Created for Communion with God, Harrison Perkins explains that the creation account of Genesis 1–2 is primarily about God and his relationship with human beings. These chapters are God’s word for God’s people, to summon us into communion with him. Perkins’s theological reflections reveal God’s glory and goodness, highlight the good news of Jesus, and encourage the soul. |
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