Welcome back! We've been talking
today about the transformation
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that God wants to work in
our hearts; about the mask that
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I know I've worn, and
I'm sure you've worn as well.
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And then we talked about how
we look at ourselves, or maybe
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the lies that Satan has told
us to believe about our self.
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And finally, how does
the Lord Jesus look at us?
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I think the best way to
learn How does God look at us?
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is to go to the word of God.
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I love claiming
Bible Scriptures.
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There's power
in the word of God.
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There's life transforming
power in the word of God.
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I have some of the
Scriptures that we discussed
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in the program on 3 x 5 cards.
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I would encourage you to take
a 3 x 5 card; write them out.
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You can pull them out, you
can share it as you're waiting
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in line at the grocery store,
as you're waiting at the bank.
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If you have it in your
purse, you can pull it out.
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You can work on
memorizing the word of God.
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Maybe you could post
it at your desk at work,
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or you could put it in
the car, or above the sink
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as you work on dishes.
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Seek to put the word
of God into your life.
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We have several
Bible promises here.
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I already have them
written out on 3 x 5 cards.
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If you don't want to use a
3 x 5 card, you could write
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them in a journal.
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You could write it on
a scratch piece of paper.
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Whatever you do,
that doesn't matter.
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This Scripture is 1 John
1:9, If we confess our sins,
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Jesus is faithful and just
to forgive us, and to cleanse us
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from all unrighteousness.
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This one is John
14:27 where Jesus says,
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Peace I leave with you.
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This one is Jeremiah 29:11.
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God says, I know the
plans I have for you;
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plans to prosper
you, and not to harm you,
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to give you a future and a hope.
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This is Jeremiah 31:3.
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The Lord appeared of
old saying, I loved you.
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Yes, I love you
with an everlasting love.
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John 10:10, I have come
that you would have life,
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and have it more abundantly.
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We're going to
write one out now.
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John 16:20. I have
my Bible open to it.
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It says, Your sorrow
will be turned into joy.
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John 16:20. Your
sorrow will be turned to joy.
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Will be turned to joy.
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I love this one because so
many times we have sadness,
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we have pain, and God
says, I'm going to turn
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your sorrow into joy.
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I was doing a teen
retreat, young girls,
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and we talked opening
night on Who am I in Jesus?
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Who am I in Christ?
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And we shared some of
the same principles we
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talked about today:
the mask that we wear,
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we talked about who we
look at, who we think we are,
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and then how
does Jesus look at us?
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I have some stones here.
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What we did with the
girls: we took out stones,
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they took a marker, they wrote
on the stone who they are in
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Jesus, after the talk who they
felt like they were in Jesus.
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The next morning
we stood in a circle,
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and each girl held her stone.
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This one here I have
written on, it says loved.
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In Jesus I am loved.
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I have another one
here: In Jesus I am forgiven.
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In Christ I am forgiven.
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This one: In
Jesus I am cleansed.
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In Jesus I am cherished.
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I like this one:
In Jesus I am wanted.
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Finally, In Jesus I am made new.
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You know, 2 Corinthians 5:17
says, If anyone is in Christ,
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he or she is a new creature.
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Old things have
passed away, behold all
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things have become new.
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I have another stone here.
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I don't know what you would
write, or what you would say,
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but you could
say, In Jesus I am...
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I'm putting on this one...
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It's not very neat
because it's in a hurry.
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In Jesus I am safe.
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I encourage you this week
to commit to writing down some
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of those promises
from the word of God.
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Bring them out. Seek
to commit them to memory.
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Bring them before your mind,
and share with someone else
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this week one of
these Scriptures.
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Share with someone else.
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As we share we grow and
we are blessed ourselves.
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Our next program we
begin a journey of forgiveness;
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the forgiveness that the
Lord Jesus Christ wants to work
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in our hearts and wants
us to extend to other people.
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So I hope you will
join us for that program.
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Our closing Scripture is Romans
15:13, Now may the God of hope
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fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, that you may
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that you may abound in hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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