God In Our Image

God in Our ImageIdeas from theologian C. Baxter Kruger

Have you ever heard the whisper...

I am not...

what do you hear?welcome

perfectgood enough

deservingacceptable

importantsmart enough

worthysafeliked

includedvaluableforgiven

supportedwanted

appreciatedI am not...

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Our perception of our "not-ness" affects

our self-perception our relationships &

what isn't acknowledgedcannot be healed

"When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you."

John 14:20

We share in the Trinity's pre-existing love relationship.

We have always been loved and accepted.

what is GOD like?

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It's calledprojection

Often we thinkof God throughthe lens of our"I am nots."

In a twistedway we end up creating

a "god" in our own image.

We miss His true essence.

We wrong God by allowing our insecurities to shape how we understand Him.

In our relationship with Christ,Jesus shares his own "I am" relationship with us.

I am the beloved son of the FatherI am anointed with the Holy Spirit

I am wanted, welcomed, loved,known, cared for, safe, acceptable,

important, worthy, good and a thrill to my Father's Heart.

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Accepting & Embracing!r true identity