01 Jul

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Over the last several weeks we have been discussing your inward portrait. We learned: How you see yourself determines what you see! How you see yourself determines how you see others! How you see yourself determines how you love others. How you see yourself determines how you see life. As you can tell it’s imperative to see ourselves as God sees us. Over the last number of weeks we have also discussed “Four Standards to See from God’s Sight”:             Standard #1…See it!             Standard #2…Say it!             Standard #3…Show it!             Standard #4…Share it! We also began to discuss a section I’ve entitled, “Why should I?” designed to help you see...

24 Jun

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Have you ever noticed that you are stuck with you! Wherever you go…there you are! Therefore how you see yourself is so vital! Your inward portrait is so important because: How you see yourself determines what you see! How you see yourself determines how you see others! How you see yourself determines how you love others. Did you know hurting people hurt people and whole people help people? If your finger has a splinter in it and it becomes infected and sore, it would only take a gentle brush against that finger for you to yell, “Ow…you hurt me!” In actuality, I did not...

17 Jun

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Over the last few weeks we discussed your "inward portrait" and that it is important because: 1. How you see yourself determines what you see! 2. How you see yourself determines how you see others! As you can tell, it is imperative we learn to see ourselves as God sees us! We also have discussed “Four Standards to See from God’s Sight”! Standard #1…See it!  Standard #2…Say it! Standard #3…Show it! Standard #4...

10 Jun

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Last week we discussed your "inward portrait" and that it is important because: 1. How you see yourself determines what you see! 2. How you see yourself determines how you see others! As you can tell, it is imperative we learn to see ourselves as God sees us! A couple of weeks ago we discussed “Four Standards to See from God’s Sight”! Standard #1…See it!  Standard #2…Say it! Standard #3…Show it! If you see it from God’s Word and say it from God’s Word long enough, eventually you’ll show it! Your inward portrait will begin to reflect in your outward circumstances. The Bible tells us, “For if any be...

03 Jun

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The Bible tells us, “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he” (Prov. 23:7). According to Solomon, the second wisest man to ever live, how you see yourself is absolutely vital! Your “inward portrait” is so important because: 1. How you see yourself determines what you see! There were two shoe salesmen transferred to a Caribbean island. The first salesman called the home office and said, “No need to send any shoes here…no one wears shoes.” The second salesman called the home office and exclaimed, “Send all the shoes you got…no one wears shoes here!” Remember this, you can’t separate your...

27 May

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Over the last couple of weeks we began discussing how important it is to see yourself how God sees you.  We began discussing 4 Standards to See from God’s Sight! 1)  See it! This week, let's continue: 2)  Say it! First we have to see it.  Then we have to say it!  The Bible tells us, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Prov. 18:21).  Quit talking what you experience and start talking what you expect!  Quit saying what you have and start having what you say (see Mark 11:23)!  “Well now, Pastor, I just call ‘em like I see ‘em!”  As long...

20 May

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Last week we began discussing how important it is to see yourself how God sees you. This week, let’s discover how to do that together! 4 Standards to See from God’s Sight! 1)  See it! The first thing we must do is see ourselves “in Christ”.  As Christians we casually banter this term about with one another without really knowing what it means.  It’s almost become “Christianese”.  “In Christ” is how God sees you because of what Jesus has done.  You see, there is never a moment that God doesn’t look at you through Jesus’ accomplishments.  The Bible tells us, “But of Him are you in...

13 May

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From the beginning of time, it’s always been an identity issue!  Travel all the way back to the Garden of Eden and you’ll find Satan tempting Adam and Eve with this very issue.  “For God doth know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing both good and evil” (Gen. 3:5).  The problem was…they already were!  The Bible tells us that God created man in His image and likeness (see Gen. 1:26).  That is the typical tactic of our enemy…he tries to get you to become something you...

06 May

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Let me quickly remind you over the last number of weeks we have asked you to consider three things from Hebrews 12:1-3: Consider them (the Hebrews 11 heroes of the Old Testament)! Consider Him (our Ultimate Hero…Jesus Christ)! Consider yourself (incorporate heroic qualities from their lives into ours)! We have also discussed the vivid difference between celebrities and heroes: Celebrities are visible.  Heroes are useable. Celebrities are characters.  Heroes have character. Celebrities are popular.  Heroes are powerful. Celebrities speak of change.  Heroes usher in change. We have also taken a look at another true Bible hero…Joseph.  We then began to “mine” some “Jewels from Joseph”: Jewel #1:  The greater the...

29 Apr

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When we think of heroes, our western mindset immediately goes to Chuck Norris rescuing soldiers missing in action, pictures of Rocky overcoming his Russian nemesis or (if you’re old enough) even John Wayne rounding up the bad guys in a western!   When we think of heroes, we may think of someone rescuing a child from a burning building.  My great grandfather was a preacher and actually ran into a burning building to rescue a family…he gave his life to successfully rescue them! There really is no greater hero than our Lord Jesus Christ.  He successfully rescued us from so much!  The...