Part 3: Searching for Identity
MODERN PROBLEMS ANCIENT SOLUTIONS
PART 3
Psalm 8:1-9
THE CULTURE’S PATH TO FIND YOUR IDENTITY:
“When I look at the sky, which You have made, at the moon and the stars, which You set in their places—what are human beings, that You think of them; mere mortals, that You care for them?” Psalm 8:3-4 (GNT)
I am what I acquire.
I am what I feel.
I am whatever I say I am.
THE BIBLICAL PATH TO FIND YOUR IDENTITY:
You are what you worship and serve.
“O Lord, our Lord, Your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.” Psalm 8:1 (NLT)
You are made in the image of God.
“You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of Your hands; You put everything under their feet.” Psalm 8:5-6 (NIV)
How God sees His children:
“When I look at the night sky and see the work of Your fingers— the moon and the stars You set in place—what are mere mortals that You should think about them, human beings that You should care for them?” Psalm 8:3-4 (NLT)
You are eternally loved.
“The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.’” Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)
You are forgiven.
“He does not punish us for all our sins; He does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve. For His unfailing love toward those who fear Him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth. He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.” Psalm 103:10-12 (NLT)
You are redeemed.
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.” Ephesians 1:7 (NIV)
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
“O Lord, our Lord, Your majestic name fills the earth!” Psalm 8:9 (NLT)
MY NEXT STEP TODAY IS:
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