Have you buried Yourself?

Buried by your ownLack of discipline

Have you buried Yourself?

Buried by your ownphysical insecurities

Have you buried Yourself?

70% of woman feltDepressed, guilty and shameful

After looking at a fashion magazine for only 3 minutes!

Have you buried Yourself?

74 Billion dollarsSpent on diet foods

Today alone, over 213 Million

Have you buried Yourself?

Buried by yourphysical identity

Have you buried Yourself?

God Created your physical bodyAnd He made no mistakes!

Have you buried Yourself?

God Created your physical bodyAnd He made no mistakes!You are Created in His image

Colossians 2:8“See to it that no one takes you

captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition

and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ”

Have you buried Yourself?

Buried by your concernOf other people’s perception

Have you buried Yourself?

Have you been anExtremely insecureApproval Addict?

Have you buried Yourself?

Philippians 4:8“Finally, brothers, whatever is true,

whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is

lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or

praiseworthy – think about such things”

Have you buried Yourself?

Buried by your ownConfidence

Proverbs 18:18

The Message“First Pride, then the crash –

the bigger the ego, the harder the fall

“Beauty is skin deep, but Ugly goes all the way to the bone”

Proverbs 18:18The Message

“Christ’s life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. I identified myself completely with

Him. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central. It is no longer

important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Christ lives in me. The

life you see me living is not ‘mine’ but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me

and gave Himself for me.”

Have you buried Yourself?

Buried by your ownExpectations of yourself

Have you buried Yourself?

When I do wrong, I AM wrongThus I am a ‘bad Christian’

When I do Good, I AM goodThus I am a ‘good Christian’

Romans 8:1

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”

Romans 8:1

“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”

Ephesians 3:17-19“so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have

power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know

this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the

fullness of God.”

Ephesians 3:17-19“…And I pray that you, being rooted and

established in love,”

To establish something, destruction comes first. You have to tear down what was

there before to establish the new thing.

To be rooted, also a foundational statememt

You were made with excellence by a

God who unfailing loves you and by a

God who does not make mistakes.

Learn to love yourself as He loves You

Learn to love yourself as He loves You

He considers you valuable

Matthew 6:26“…Are You not much more

valuable than they?”

Learn to love yourself as He loves You

Second Great CommandmentMatthew 22:39

“Love your neighbor as yourself”

Discovering who God Created You to be

Define yourself as

Someone who is WORTHY of His Radical Love