Good News ''' for those who feel undeserving

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Good News ... for those who feel undeserving!
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• Good news for the undeserving Matt 88

• Lord I do not deserve to have you come under my
  roof ...BUT ... just say the word and my
  servant will be healed

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• A right kind of undeserving ...

• An opportunity to take a closer look at
  how we really feel about ourselves before
  God
• We will explore a right kind of self
  worth
• We will look at some important
  implications

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• What does the bible say about our worth before
  God?

• We have NO WORTH or merit before God ...
• There is no one righteous, not even one ... All
  have turned away they have together become
  worthless there is no one who does good not even
  one Rom 310

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• What does the bible say about our worth before
  God?

God loves us unconditionally beyond our wildest
understanding of what love is ...The Lord did
not set his affection on you and choose you
because you were more numerous than other peoples
...it was because the Lord loved you! Deut
77And so we know and rely on the love God
has for us ....God is love I John 416
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• What does the bible say about our worth before
  God?

In Christ we can stand before God in confidence
and high esteem ...Let us then approach the
throne of grace with confidence, so that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help us in our
time of need Heb 416
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• What does the bible say about our worth before
  God?

We are to have an honest and humble appreciation
of ourselves Do not think of yourself more
highly than you ought-but think of your self with
sober judgement Rom 123 Living then, as every
one of you does, in pure grace ... The only
accurate way to understand ourselves is by what
God is and by what he does for us, not by what we
are and what we do for him. Rom 123 Message
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• A right kind of undeserving...

Fearful and unsure of Gods Grace and Love
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• A right kind of undeserving...

L A right view of our self before God J

Fearful and unsure of Gods Grace and Love
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• In the wrong place ?
• How does a wrong view of our self before God
  manifest itself?

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How does a wrong view of our self before God
manifest itself ?
Running on empty ... Christs love compels us
2 Cor 514 We love because he first
loved us 1 John 419
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His disciples answered Where
could we get enough bread in this remote place
to feed such a crowd? Matt 1025
How does a wrong view of our self before God
manifest itself ?
The enough problemNot good enough Not strong
enough Not faithful enough Not knowledgeable
enough Not deserving enough Not sure enough Just
... Not enough!
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If God is for us, who can
be against us? Nothing can separate us from
the love of God Rom 8
How does a wrong view of our self before God
manifest itself ?
Everyone ... But me!Permanently on the
substitutes bench? OK for everyone
else?Written off because of ...
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A right kind of undeserving ... and a right
view of ourselves

• Lord I do not deserve to have you
  come under my roof ... But just say
  the word and my servant will be healed