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Luke 15: 8 -20

You are a shining star no matter who you are.

The Lie of Acquired Significance

Genesis 3: 1 NLT The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden? ”

The Lie of Acquired Significance

most of us… …are never tempted with dreams actually coming true. …have to confront the reality that they don’t come true.

We’re all pretty ordinary

The Lie of Acquired Significance

how can we get free of this?

warning

The Lie of Acquired Significance

“Christian” version of the lie Go out & do Christian stuff. Go out & save some souls, that will give your life significance. Go to church more, that will make your life significant. Give to church more, that will make your life significant. Serve the poor, that will make your life significant.

The Lie of Acquired Significance

Is God so trite?

Real significance is not something to acquire or achieve. It is given by grace and expressed as love.

comes from God… …can’t add to it, …can’t improve it, …can’t detract from it.

The lady lost a silver coin. In Greek, that’s a Drachma. A small, but not the smallest unit of currency. It was an average day’s pay for a peasant worker.

Christian life…. shine with the shininess that God has created us and saved us to shine with

Colossians 3: 5 -15

who I am in Christ

to confront the lie of acquired Significance this has got to get on the inside

we were meant to dance the fullness that we have for free, not work to acquire for us what we don’t have

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