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GIVE IT UP! A LENTEN JOURNEY of RELEASE and GAIN!.

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2 GIVE IT UP! A LENTEN JOURNEY of RELEASE and GAIN!

3 GIVE IT UP! 46 Day Window of DOING SOMETHING to EXPERIENCE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE

4 GIVE IT UP! Mirrors Social Media Talking TV & Internet Cell Phones
ALL the above!

5 MIRROR, MIRROR… Philippians 4: 8 - 9

6 MIRROR, MIRROR… How many times a day do you look into a mirror?

7 — On Avg Women: 8 to 71 times a day, which includes Compacts!
MIRROR, MIRROR… — On Avg Women: 8 to 71 times a day, which includes Compacts! —On Avg Men: 23 times!

8 MIRROR, MIRROR… How many Mirrors surround you at home,
Interesting… How many Mirrors surround you at home, or car, or work?

9 INTERESTING…2008 Americans spent: —$7 Billion on cosmetics
—$1.5 Billion on breast implants —$1 Billion on Tummy Tucks — $1.3 Billion on Liposuction

10 INTERESTING… Ladies spend on average $1, year on beauty products

11 What does Paul implore us to focus on? Remember Paul is in prison as he shares!

12 “While helpless to change his outward situation, he still shares
HOPE for INWARD CHANGE!”

13 Notice how Scripture ASKS US to work on internal values and less on outward appearances

14 our outward appearance
In contrast our world spends much time and resources on our outward appearance

15 LENTEN JOURNEY… SO WHAT?

16 LENTEN JOURNEY… “MIRRORLESS LIVING!”

17 —6 hours a day without a mirror?
LENTEN JOURNEY… Can you go —3 days without a mirror? —6 days without a mirror? —6 hours a day without a mirror?

18 LENT JOURNEY… Can you instead use this time to focus on
the internal goodness within you and others?


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