Accepting the Unchangeables
First, I want to congratulate the girls for winning the ‘Who is taller’ competition last week. I hope you enjoyed your ice cream sundays. Guys, keep working, there’s always next time.
Now, here is a copy of the notes we handed out to you last week and this week, so if you lost your hard copy, here it is.
God created you by design with a purpose.
Psalm 139:13-18,
Romans 9:20,
Jesus wasn’t all that attractive, in his physical appearance.
Isaiah 53:2,
Esau was extremely hairy
Jacob had very little hair
Elisha was bald
Paul possibly had poor eyesight
How can we trust the designer if we don’t value the design?
If you hate the way you look that bitterness will be directed towards God, hindering the greatest relationship you have available to you.
4 Steps to Self-Acceptance
1.) Detect any _ungratefulness_____ towards God.
List out the changes you would make in your appearance,
abilities or family.
Correct the correctables.
List out the benefits for the things you cannot change.
2.) __Thank____ God for the way he has ____made____ you.
Identify how your unchangeable are building the message
of God in your life. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Identify what you are thankful for in your appearance,
abilities and family.
3.) __Submit__ yourself to God, allowing Him to __create__ & grow inward beauty in you.
Make the unchangables “marks of ownership” and “motivation for creating inward beauty.”
Identify the qualities God wants in you.
Matt. 5:1-12, Galatians 5:22-24.
4.) _Always__ allow God to use you to produce his character in others.
Make your unchangeable motivation to be a servant to others. Mark 10:43-45
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance but the LORD looks at the heart.” I Samuel 16:7
“Beauty and value doesn’t come from the mirror, other people or self. True beauty and value comes from the creator.”
