You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. - Psalm 139:13
Your output is not your worth
"The Christian life is not a matter of being delivered from bad habits, but of being delivered from the person who is behind those habits." - Oswald Chambers
“What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.” — Hans urs von Balthasar
In the grand scheme of history and the universe, you’re small. In the heart of God you’re irreplaceable.
You yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst. - 1 Corinthians 3:16
You are a work in progress. You're being made into the image of Christ.
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children - Ephesians 5:1
If you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. - 1 Peter 4:16
Because of Jesus
New Story
I Am:
You matter to God
"For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building." - 1 Corinthians 3:9
"We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God." - 2 Corinthians 5:20
God placed you in your job as His ambassador. Speak for Him today.
"Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world." - 1 John 4:4
God is making you new
"The temptation of the age is to look good without being good." - Brennan Manning
Reminder: You are in the world but not of the world.
"A humble person is more likely to be self-confident...a person with real humility knows how much they are loved." - Cornelius Plantinga
"We are not a new philosophy but a divine revelation." - Tertullian
"The brother is a burden to the Christian, precisely because he is a Christian. For the pagan the other person never becomes a burden at all. He simply sidesteps every burden that others may impose upon him. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you." - Ezekiel 36:26
Shame says you'll never live up. Jesus says you're accepted.
Nobody knows you like God knows you. And still He loves you without limits.
Created in God's image
See yourself the way Jesus sees you
“What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”—Hans urs von Balthasar
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works." - Ephesians 2:10
