MASTERPIECE


WITHOUT CHRIST, THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU.
Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins… 3By our very nature we were subject to God's anger, just like everyone else. 4But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's grace that you have been saved!) Ephesians 2:1, 3-5 NLT

WITH CHRIST, YOU ARE GOD’S MASTERPIECE.
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT

AS GOD’S MASTERPIECE

1) YOU ARE CREATED FOR THE MASTER’S PURPOSE.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 16your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:13-16

2) YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO EVERYTHING GOD WANTS YOU TO DO.

[God’s] divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 2 Peter 1:3

3) GOD USES EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE TO BRING ABOUT HIS PURPOSES.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

IF YOU DON’T LIKE YOUR YOURSELF


LET GOD REMAKE YOU.
So I went down to the potter's house and saw him working at the potter's wheel. 4 He was using his hands to make a pot from clay, but something went wrong with it. So the potter used that clay to make another pot the way he wanted it to be. Jeremiah 18:3-4 NCV

TALK IT OVER

What about you or your past do you think God may want to use as a part of His plan?
Share the ways you feel like something is wrong with you. How do you feel least like His masterpiece?
Do you fear there are parts of you He can’t remake? What steps do you need to take to allow God to remake you?
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