11/1 Ignite "Mirrors- Our Body"

Devotion- Jared Graves

Genesis 1:26

• “Our image”. What makes us different than all the animals in the world? God took careful time to create everything else, why are we to be held in any higher of a standard? We are made in the image of God. God would choose this body, this form to be the one that He would take when redeeming mankind.
• Your Body. God created you exactly the way that He wanted you to be. We are also the temple of God. It is to be treated with utmost reverence and care.

Application

• You are not too fat. You are not to skinny. You are not to slow. You may not get things as quickly as other people, but that doesn’t mean you are a failure. You are created exactly the way that God wanted you to be. When He looks at you He says, “Very good.”
• This means you don’t have to wear revealing clothing, you don’t have to take steroids, you don’t have to wear your hair a certain way. You don’t have to get tattoos, piercings, eat more, lose weight, or anything else because you ARE GOD’S image. You are beautiful. You are very, good.

M&M Discussion

November 1, 2009

What does beauty look like?

Do you think that God made any mistakes when He created you?

God created you perfectly. The psalmist writes that even when we were in our mother’s womb, God loved us and cared for us. He knows the number of hairs on your head. How does this make you feel?

Do you think that it is important how we treat these bodies that God gives to us?

·      Read Romans 12:1

How we treat our bodies is kind of like how we spend our money. God gives it to us, so we should be good stewards of what He has given to us.

Talk with them about their attitudes towards their bodies. Have an open discussion about it.