Beauty from Ashes: Overcoming Shame
to bring Beauty into the world.
Speaker: John J Roberts
Series: Out of Hiding: Moving out of Shame and into the Beauty of Being Known and Loved #5
Date: October 16, 2022
Introduction
John 20:1 – 18
“Why are you weeping?”
The heart of Christ is to remove our Shame.
The Woman at the Well – John 4
The woman with the issue of blood – Luke 8:40ff
Leviticus 15:19-25
“One of shame’s most acute byproducts is the fear of exposure, the very thing that, paradoxically, is required for shame’s healing. It requires great courage to reveal ourselves in the face of the abject terror that we will be seen and then rejected.
-Curt Thompson
The leper of Matthew – 8:3ff
Thomas in the Upper Room – John 20:24ff
The Invitation of Jesus to come out of Hiding opens the door to create beauty in the world.
“Evil’s intention in using shame was not just to get the male and the female to ‘sin.’ It’s intention was to shear off the capacity of the creatures to make beautiful things.”
-Curt Thompson
The disciples have gone back to fishing – John 21
Nearly all the disciples had abandoned Jesus during his trial.
Simon Peter:
Thomas:
Nathaniel:
James and John (the sons of Zebedee):
In John 21:10, 12 Jesus says, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught and Come and have breakfast.”
Jesus continues offering the invitation to us.
Questions for Reflection
- Where are you working with Jesus to expand his Kingdom into the lives of other people and into the world?
- Home? Church? Vocation? Community?
- Are you walking with others? Lots of opportunities at MLCC.
- Women’s IF Conference, Men’s Tuesday evening “Men on a Mission”.
- Life Groups
- Regular corporate worship
- Are you a person that others can trust with their real actual selves?
- Who are people you might be able to draw near to and walk with in their life right now?
- Keep working on your Beloved Charter