“Shopping is actually very similar to farming a field. You can't keep buying the same thing, you have to have a bit of variety. Otherwise you get bored and stop enjoying yourself.”

“I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.” - Sophie Kinsella

Clothing Accumulation Quiz: How many clothing items do you own?

Jen’s 7 Clothing Items:  1 pair of jeans  1 pair of Capri pants  1 dress shirt  1 long-sleeve shirt  2 short-sleeve shirts * 2 types of shoes * Not including undergarments!

Pastor Josh’s “Workers” - 46 Slaves

“I don’t want to wear someone else’s despair.” - Ashley Judd

Isaiah 3: 16 – 4:1 A Warning from God about the temptation of basing our life around appearance.

Matthew 6: Jesus urges us to not stress out and fixate on clothing and other earthly concerns.

James 2: 1-9 The Church must always be on guard against favoritism towards appearance.

John Eldredge’s 2 Deep Questions For Men: “Do I have what it takes?” For Women: “Do you see me, and are you captivated by what you see?”

Too often, we can base our worth on our external appearance and how we feel others see us. This is a never-ending quest that will end in disappointment and frustration.

1 Samuel 16:7 But the L ORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The L ORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the L ORD looks at the heart.”

Isaiah 53: … “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men… and we esteemed him not.”

Isaiah 58:8 “Is [true fasting] not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?”

Luke 10: Clothing Redeemed: “Parable of the Good Samaritan”