I am ________________

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I am ________________

• I am Carl Brannon
• I am Pastor of Disciple and Outreach _at_ GFMC
• I am married to Kim
• I am Annas dad
• Jeremiahs dad
• Joshuas dad
• Sarahs dad

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I am ________________

• I am .
• hungry!
• lonely!
• excited!
• scared!
• satisfied!

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I am ________________

• I am
• Strategic
• Belief
• Includer
• Relator
• Activator

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Identity Association

• Tiger
• Golf
• Oprah
• Daytime talk
• Michael
• King of Pop
• King of the court
• Dr. Phil
• Daytime talk therapist

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I am ____________
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Self The total, essential, or particular being
of a personthe individual
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School of Self-Realization

• Create, discover, reveal the best you there is
• The answers are within you
• Discover the me within me that I am meant to be
• Statements to affirm
• Know thyself
• Accept thyself
• Express thyself

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School of Self-Renunciation

• The attempt to kill off the self in order to
  discover freedom from the material world
• Growing fascination with Eastern religions and
  philosophy
• Buddha Existence and suffering are one
• Eliminate desire
• Eliminate the self

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Christianity and the Self

• We are to hand back to God the self that is
  handed to us by the Creator to surrender the one
  and only thing we own. E. Stanley Jones
• If anyone would come after me, he must deny
  himself Luke 923
• If anyone wishes to be a follower of mine, he
  must leave self behind NEB

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Christianity and the Self

• Apostle Paul Galatians 220
• I have been crucified with Christ and I no
  longer live, but Christ lives in me.
• Pauls appeal to those who hear the message of
  Christ
• Therefore, my brothers, I implore you by Gods
  mercy to offer your very selves to him a living
  sacrifice Romans 121 (NEB)

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Therefore, my brothers, I implore you by Gods
mercy to offer your very selves to him a
living sacrifice Romans 121 (NEB)
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I am.

• HIS!

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Therefore, my brothers, I implore you by Gods
mercy to offer your very selves to him a
living sacrifice Romans 121 (NEB)
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Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this
worldbut be transformed by the renewing of your
mindThen you will be able to test and approve
what Gods will isHis good pleasing and perfect
will. Romans 122 (NIV)
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Therefore, my brothers, I implore you by Gods
mercy to offer your very selves to him a
living sacrifice Romans 121 (NEB)
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A New Kind of Normal

• When despair tries to take me under I choose
  life.
• When I wonder what God could possibly be
  thinking I choose trust.
• When I desperately want relief from unrelenting
  realityI choose perseverance.
• When I feel oppressed by my disappointment and
  sorrow I choose gratitude.
• When I want to keep my feelings to myself I
  choose vulnerability.
• When nothing goes according to my plan I choose
  relinquishment.
• When I want to point the finger I choose
  forgiveness.
• When I want to give up I choose purposeful
  action.

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Therefore, my brothers, I implore you by Gods
mercy to offer your very selves to him a
living sacrifice Romans 121 (NEB)