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from “Saved, Not Shamed”

them in his bottle. Who is this God who forgets my sins, but records every one of my tears? He is a good father who loves us even when we don't feel lovable. No, God keeps receipts not to expose us, but to exonerate us. God keeps receipts not to punish you, but to promote you. God keeps receipts not because he wants to condemn you, but because he wants to commend you. Anybody thankful for a God who says, I will not forget you? I won't forget you. And today, I don't know who I'm preaching to, but I just have a sense in my heart that people have walked in and maybe you're tired or you're fatigued, and maybe you're on your faith journey and you're having a difficult time. You're in a hard place. You're in a tired place. You're in a place about, you're thinking about giving up. I don't want to remind you of your strength. I want to remind you of his strength. I want to remind you of a God who promises, if you're in Christ Jesus, to remember you. I want to show you three things that God keeps receipts on. Number one, God keeps receipts on who you are. This is encouraging to me. This is Hebrews chapter six, verse 10. God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown him. He doesn't look at these tired people and say, I won't forget the church. I won't forget the crowd. I won't forget the gathering. He says, I won't forget you. God is the God of individuals. Yes, he loves the world, but you are what make up the world. And I think today you've got to get some confidence in the fact that he sees you. He knows what's going on inside of your life. Every fear, every worry, every area of doubt today, he sees you in that place and he cares about you. One of the greatest examples of this is that as you read the New Testament, if you ever get to the book of Matthew, Matthew chapter one starts with the genealogy of Jesus. Now a lot of us, if we have like a Bible reading plan, some of us, we skip that part. It's like, I don't know anybody who goes to the movies and the movie ends and you're like, Hey, stick around. Why? I love the credits. No one really does that. But I guess God likes the credits because God lists out 42 different generations. 40 different names are enlisted in Matthew chapter one. What is he letting us know? He's letting us know. I remember you. I remember names. I remember individuals. And the best part about Matthew chapter one is not just the names. It's the names that are in Matthew chapter one. These are jacked up people. You think, you think your family's dysfunctional. Check out God's family. God is in the business of using the jokers, the smokers, even the midnight tokers sometimes he will use because God didn't just come for sinners. Come on. He came through sinners. He's saying, I do not call the qualified, but I qualified the called God. God loves you. He loves every part of you. He loves you just the way that you are, but he loves you too much to let you stay the way that you are. God's greatest priority is to get his glory. But the way that he does that is by working with broken people. It's pretty practical. If

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