Today we need to have a really, really hard conversation.
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Well, hello brothers and sisters!
Welcome to Mission: Zer0!
If this is your first time here: my name is Shawn, and this is Battle Cry, the show where
we give you a motivational theme that can carry you through a more positive week.
What we, I think, need to talk about today is us, you and me.
Specifically, I want to give 4 truths about all of us that maybe you've heard, but I
don't think we really believe.
And so, let's dive into that!
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In the book of Luke chapter 12, Jesus is teaching and, in verses 6 and 7, He says something
really profound: "for are not 5 sparrows sold for two pennies?
And God has not lost sight of a one of them!
Every hair on your head is numbered.
Fear not!
For you are worth more than a multitude of sparrows."
The critical piece of that is: you are valued!
I think, so often in our society, we don't feel valued and we don't value other people.
You just have to watch the news for 20 minutes – you can watch a commercial break for 20
minutes at this time of year in the United States, when it's election season – and
you can see how little we value humanity and how little we value other people.
And so what Jesus is saying here is that, even if no one else values you, even if you
don't value yourself, God in Heaven values you beyond anything you can imagine.
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The second point I think we need to talk about I'm going to give you a couple scriptures
for.
The first is Ephesians 2:10, which is "For we are God's workmanship."
And the second is Psalm 139:13-14 which says, "You hold my reins.
You formed me in my mother's womb.
I am fearfully and wonderfully made, and marvelous are Your works!"
What that really gets to is that you are accepted by God.
A lot of the reasons that we really have trouble internalizing that we have value, that we
are valuable, is that we don't feel accepted.
Because we know all of the things that are wrong with us, these awful things that we've
done and the awful things that are flawed in us, and we just couldn't possibly accept
ourselves, so how can anyone else accept us?
God made you who you are, and He accepts you exactly as you are!
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The third thing that's absolutely true about you and about me comes out of 1 John 4:4 and
it is, "For you are the children of God, and you have overcome your enemies, for greater
is He that is in you than he that is in the world."
What that's really saying is: you're never alone.
No matter where you are or what you're going through, the God of all Creation – whether
you believe in Him or not, whether you accept Him or not, whether you feel it or not – lives
in your heart.
And He is always with you, and He is always accepting you, and He is always valuing you.
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And the fourth thing that's true – maybe the hardest one to really believe – the
scripture I'm going to give you comes out of Romans 8:39.
And it says, "For no barrier, no extremity, and no created thing can separate us from
the Love of God, which is in Jesus Christ our Lord."
Now you know what I'm going to say here: God Loves you.
Always does God Love you.
To really understand that you need to understand that you're not alone, that you are valued,
and that you are accepted.
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My exhortation for us today is: know these things.
Say them to yourself over and over as often as you can until they are embedded in your
soul: I am valued, I am accepted, I am never alone, and I am Loved by the God of all Creation.
Take that today, whatever piece of that message you can hang onto for the week, take it and
be the you-iest you you can possibly be.
May God pour out the blessings of knowledge of Him and the vibrance of His Love into your
heart.
And I Love you SO, so much!
Peace out!
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