Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

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Dave Mattinglywww.davemattingly.net

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.(Psalm 139:14)

Let All Creation Rejoice

• Concert

• Recent

• Evident

• Amazing

• Temporary

• Eager

All creation awaits in eager expectation for the childrenof God to reveal themselves. (Romans 8:19)

Well, wha t a re you

waiting for?

I don’t know…

Something amazing, I

guess .

Opening QuestionWhen you look at

yourself in the mirror, what about yourself stands out

the most?

I always wanted to be somebody.I should have been more specific. (Lily Tomlin)

Individuality

Today you are you. That is truer than true.There is no one alive who is youer than you. (Dr. Seuss)

Individuality

Insist on yourself; never imitate. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Indeed, the very ha irs of your head a re a ll numbered. Don't be a fra id; you a re

worth more than many sparrows .(Luke 12:7)

Individuality

Always be yourself.Unless you can be Batman. Always be Batman.

For you crea ted my inmost be ing;

you knit me toge ther

in my mother's womb.(Psa lm 139:13)

Individuality

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skillexcept for learning how to grow in rows. (Doug Larson)

Meaning

Pain heals, glory lasts forever.(Keanu Reeves, The Re p la c e m e nts )

“Bring to me a ll the people who are mine , whom I made for my glory,

whom I formed and made .”(Isa 43:7)

“Bring to me a ll the people who are mine , whom I made for my glory,

whom I formed and made .”(Isa 43:7)

Meaning

The best plan is to have a plan.(Fred Jones, Sc o o by Do o )

“I know the plans I have for you,” decla res the Lord, “plans for

welfa re and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope .”

(Je remiah 29:11)

Meaning

We choose these things, not because they are easy,but because they are hard. (John F Kennedy)

You didn’t choose me.I chose you.

I appointed you to go and produce las ting fruit.

(John 15:16)

Meaning

Te a che r: We were put here to help others.Stud e nt: Why were the others put here? (Karl Hurley)

Authority

God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them. (Gen 1:27)

We only have a few rules

a round here , but we rea lly

enforce them.

Authority

Campers: Nature’s way of feeding mosquitoes.

You made mankind rule rs

over the works of your hands ; you put everything

under the ir fee t.(Psa lm 8:6)

AuthorityGod sa id, “…Fill the ea rth and subdue it. Rule over

the fish… and the birds… and every living crea ture .”(Genes is 1:28)

Q: What did the snail say when it was on the turtle’s back?A: Whee!

Authority

Greater is he that is in youthan he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4)

Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in

heaven.(Matthew 18:18)

Authority

The devil is a better theologian than any of us,and is a devil still. (A. W. Tozer)

There fore , ange ls a re only se rvants—spirits sent to ca re for those people

who will inherit sa lva tion.(Heb 1:14)

Don’t you rea lize tha t we will judge ange ls?

(1 Cor 6:3)

Authority

With great power comes great responsibility.With number six comes egg roll.

Glory

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?(Rev. Robert Schuller)

Glory

Your own personal Jesus. Someone who hears your prayers, someone who cares. (Depeche Mode)

God crea ted mankind in his own image ,in the image of God he crea ted them... Then God looked over a ll he had made ,

and he saw tha t it was very good.(Gen 1:27, 31)

Glory

When you’re here, you’re family. (Olive Garden)

Even before he made the world, God loved us and

chose us . God decided in advance to adopt us into

his own family.(Eph 1:4, 5)

Glory

When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive thecrown of glory that will never fade away. (1 Peter 5:4)

Eternity

There’s a lady who’s sure all thatglitters is gold. (Led Zeppelin)

Eternity

John 3:16 was a memebefore the internet.

For God so

(John 3:16)

loved the world tha t hegave his one and only Son, tha t

whoever be lieves in him sha ll not perish but have e te rna l life .

Eternity

Beloved, I urge you to live asstrangers and aliens. (1 Peter 2:11)

We are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Chris t lives . And we are eagerly waiting for him to re turn as our Savior. He will take our weak morta l bodies and change them into

glorious bodies like his own.(Phil 3:20-21)

Eternity

The Present is the point at which time touches eternity.(The Sc re wta p e Le tte rs )

Halftime QuestionWhen others look at you, what does your “spiritual mirror”

reflect?

If vampires can’t see themselves in a mirror,why is their hair always so nice?

IMAGE

I’ll never see myself in the mirror with my eyes closed.(They Might Be Giants)

• Individuality • Meaning

• Authority

• Glory

• Eternity

Grateful

Surely this man was the son of God. (John Wayne)

Let us be gra te ful for rece iving a kingdom tha t cannot be shaken,

and offe r to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe.

(Heb 12:28)

Open

It is better to be good and kind than it is to not.(Steve Martin, The G ra ndm o the r So ng )

As it is written: “They have free ly sca tte red the ir gifts to the poor; the ir righteousness

endures forever.”(2 Cor 9:9)

Daring

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power. (2 Tim 1:7)

Therefore , if anyone is in Chris t, the new crea tion has come: The old has gone , the new is here .

(2 Cor 5:17)

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

• Grateful

• Open

• Daring

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. (Psa 139:8)

• Individuality • Meaning

• Authority

• Glory

• Eternity

Closing QuestionWho do you reflect when there is no

mirror? When there no one is looking?

Character is what you arein the dark. (D.L. Moody)

Dave Mattingly

Seek, and ye shall find.(Matt 7:7)

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