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Seeing Ourselves as God Sees Us

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Introduction
  • We may think less of ourselves and lower our expectations of ourselves.
  • God think about us differently than we think of ourselves.
  • Psalms 40:5
  • Jeremiah 29:10-13
  • God has plans for us also!
    • In God’s eyes we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
    • Life should leave us awestruck!
    • Ecclesiastes 11:5
      • At 3 weeks
        • The heart begins beating
        • At 6 weeks
          • The heart and its four chambers are fully formed.
          • The first brain waves are detected.
          • At 7 weeks
            • Hands, feet, arms, legs, and all major organs are detectable.
            • At 8 weeks
              • Most major body systems are in place.
              • The brain is highly complex.
              • Right or left hand dominance is detectable.
              • Psalms 139:13-18
              • Jeremiah 1:5 - God knows us before we are born!
              • We are all special!
                • In God’s eyes we are of great value.
                • We should see our own value based on how God sees us.
                • Luke 12:6-7
                • John 3:16 - This is our value!
                • We must stop thinking we are of less value than the value that God places on us.
                  • In God’s eyes we are new creatures.
                  • New creatures through Christ.
                    • I Corinthians 5:17-19; John 3:3-6
                    • If you’ve changed from a caterpillar to a butterfly, why would you go back to acting like a caterpillar?
                    • No longer the former man
                      • I Timothy 1:12-16; Philippians 3:4-12, 20-21
                        • In God’s eyes, we are more than conquerors.
                        • Romans 8:35-39
                        • Royalty - I Peter 2:9-10
                        • His workmanship - Ephesians 2:10
                          • Poem: “The Mirror”
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