Abundance: An Abundance of Seeing
Pastor Kent Landhuis
THEME - Every person we meet is made in the image of God.
TEXT - Genesis 1:27
OUTLINE
1. Mankind was made in the image of God.
- Genesis 1:26-31
- Genesis 2:7
- “God-breathed is warmly personal, with the face-to-face intimacy of a kiss and the significance that this was an act of giving as well as making; and self-giving at that.” Derek Kidner
2. Everyone is made in the image of God.
- Genesis 1:27
- ‘Since man has sinned, he is certainly not as fully like God as he was before… Though man is still in the image of God, in every aspect of life some parts of that image have been distorted or lost.” Wayne Grudem.
3. You are made in the image of God.
- “Human beings need recognition as much as we need food and water. No crueler punishment can be devised than to not see someone, to render them unimportant or invisible.” ~ David Brooks
- Genesis 16:13
NEXT STEPS:
- Take a moment with each person you meet this week - to really see them.
- With each person you see this week remind yourself, “They are made in the image of God.”
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ABUNDANT LOVE: A YEAR OF LIVING WITH OPEN HANDS
Week 6 - God’s Image
REFLECTION
We are made in the image of a living God. Not only us, but every person we encounter every day is made in God’s image. How does this truth change how we interact about others? With those we love? Those that annoy us? Those that cut us off in traffic or berate us at our job or school? How does this change how you see yourself?
READINGS
Day 1. Genesis 1:26-31
Day 2. Genesis 2:7
Day 3. Genesis 16:13
Day 4. Colossians 3:10
Day 5. Psalm 8:4-6
MEDITATION
Made in the image of God, loved by God, are you able to love yourself as much as God loves you?
PRAYER
Help me, Father, to love in the way that You love. Help me to see my neighbor as an image-bearer of the one True and Holy God. Show me how to love them and myself as You have loved!
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