Lessons From The Garden: Where Am I Walking? 

Lessons From The Garden: Where Am I Walking? 

Pastor Blake Hanson | 4.5.26 

Easter invites us to honestly look at where we are and trust Jesus to lead us from to . 

GARDEN OF : WHEN WE REALIZE WE’RE NOT WHERE GOD WANTS US TO BE 

Genesis 3:1 (NLT)

1The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”

Genesis 3:7 (NLT)

7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.

Genesis 3:8-10 (NLT)

8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees.

9Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 

10He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”

Genesis 3:12–13 (NLT)

12The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.” 

13Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.”

James 4:1 (NLT)

1What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?

Genesis 3:23 (NLT)

23So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.

GARDEN OF : WHEN FOLLOWING JESUS COSTS US SOMETHING 

Matthew 26:38 (NLT)

38He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

Hebrews 4:15 (NLT)

15This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

Matthew 26:39 (NLT)

39He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

Philippians 2:8 (NLT)

8 he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

Romans 5:18–19 (NLT)

18Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. 

19Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.

Hebrews 12:2 (NLT)

2We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

GARDEN OF : WHEN GOD BRINGS LIFE OUT OF WHAT FEELS LOST

John 20:1–2 (NLT)

1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 

2She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

John 20:3–10 (NLT)

3Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. 

4 They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 

5He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in. 

6 Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, 

7 while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings. 

8Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—

 9 for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. 

10Then they went home.

John 20:14–18 (NLT)

14She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. 

15“Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.” 

16“Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”). 

17“Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” 

18Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message.

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