Sanctuary First (Taster)
September 8th, 2008 by 
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We live in an image driven culture. Everybody is so conscious of their image, you know - the way we look. Tonight at Sanctuary First , our new alternative worship service, we are asking the question what does it mean to be made in the image of God?
Its not really about your shape and size. Its not about your brilliance or lack of it. Its about other things that shape our lives and our attitudes. You see deep down in our beings, some might say our souls, all of us have a desire to experience feelings and attitudes that make us act in positive way to ourselves and the world around us. we want to feel good about ourselves and the world. We like it when we get oon with our friends and family.
The strange thing is that many of us feel negative about our image because we are judging ourselves by a very superficial standard. we have bought into a philosophy that says image is all about looks.
You don’t like your nose, you don’t like the lump or the bump that sticks out from under your jumper. There is an unbelievable amount of young people who commit suicide because they feel bad about themselves. Its also because we feel we can’t always be the people we’d like to be. There is an answr to all this God is in the business of helping us see ourselves in a new light. He is in the business of helping us see that image is not just about shape and size. Image is about being free. Above all that is what it means to be made in the image of God. God is the freest person I know. Our problem is that we don’t know how to handle freedom and what we think is freedom becomes our prison. So the question tonight is do you want God to break you out of your “image prison”and be free! You see worship is all about getting free, feeling forgiven,feeling ready to experience communion. Now thats another word I’ll blog about another day.
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September 8th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
It’s about God in me. His work in me. The pressure is off me. That will not change as I age-His presence will remain.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
smiling, laughing, letting the light shine n show!
September 8th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I like the fact that God made me look like nobody else, and gave me everything ~I need to see, smell, touch, hear.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
i love how God gave me lovely eyes and unique in our own way
September 8th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
i am glad that god made me diffrent because if he made me the same we would all look alike
September 8th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
eye lashes
September 8th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
nice straight teeth which gives me a really nice smile
September 8th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
big blue eyes for make up
September 8th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
It’s better that everyone is different, as it makes them unique.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Everybody is equal. No one is better than anyone else.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
That God made me look like nobody else, and gave me everything that I need to be able to see, smell, hear, touch
September 8th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
amazing
September 8th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
total depravity
September 8th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
I feel wonderful & amazed!
September 8th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
I love how God doesn’t care about my looks but about my heart.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
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