Filter – alter the overall appearance of an image

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The Lord gave me this message: “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” “O Sovereign Lord ,” I said, “I can’t speak for you! I’m too young!” The Lord replied, “Don’t say, ‘I’m too young,’ for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you. And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the Lord , have spoken!” Then the Lord reached out and touched my mouth and said, “Look, I have put my words in your mouth! Today I appoint you to stand up against nations and kingdoms. Some you must uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow. Others you must build up and plant.”

Jeremiah 1:4‭-‬10 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/jer.1.4-10.NLT

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Knowing your identity means finding your purpose. whoever created you, created you for a purpose.

Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18‭-‬20 NLT
https://bible.com/verse-of-the-day/mat.28.18-20/399

Dami excuses (youth card).

What is your “youth filter”?

What are you waiting for?

How to overcome my filters?

Do not say [your excuse]. Focus on your purpose.

Need to refocus on God. On my real purpose: give glory to God.

Refocus on the real reality.

Reality that God is with me and He will not leave me. #GodsPromise

Reality that life here on earth is temporary.

Focus on the real power of God.

Always read your bible.

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

Hebrews 4:12 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/heb.4.12.NLT

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The Only filter

Luke 23:45 Curtain was torn. God removed the filter.

But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:13 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/eph.2.13.NLT

That’s why we have communion. To remember.

The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:4‭-‬5 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/jer.1.4-5.NIV

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We tend to live our lives behind filters.
We can go to God without filters.

Identity

Jeremiah 1:4‭-‬5

• God created us the way we are now. #GodIs my Creator.
• He “formed” us. When we were created, that’s exactly the face that God planned. Specific. Accurate. With Objective. Deliberate.
• God created you specifically to be you.
• God “knew” me – not an acquaintance. Intimate.
• God knows exactly who we are. Even if sometimes we don’t know exactly who we are.
• Our identity comes from God.
• “you” – God created us personally. Individually. God knows everything about me.
• We can go to God even without filters.
• Why did you form me this way? — vantage point of man, we see the limitations.
• We don’t see what God sees. His ways are higher than our thoughts.
• “I formed..” – in Hebrew, imperfect tense–still ongoing! God is not yet done with you. The best is yet to come.
• I set you apart for me.

Our approval comes from God. We are approved by God. We are His.

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