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Acts 8:1; 3 And Saul approved of his execution …… 3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Acts 8:1; 3 And Saul approved of his execution…… 3 But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and

women and committed them to prison.

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Acts 9:1–26 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to

the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women……

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he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone

around him. 4 And falling to the ground he heard a

voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”……

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5 And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6 But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.” 7 The men who

were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one……

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8 Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into

Damascus. 9 And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank……

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18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized; 19 and taking food, he

was strengthened. For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus……

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20 And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” 21 And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is

not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name?......

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And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?” 22 But Saul increased all the more in strength,

and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ……..

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26 And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he

was a disciple.

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Physically ugly

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Morally ugly

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Temperamentally ugly

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Unhealthy fixation with our appearance

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Unhealthy fixation with our appearanceUnhealthy approach to our decisions

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Unhealthy fixation with our appearanceUnhealthy approach to our decisionsUnhealthy control of our reactions

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Unhealthy fixation with our appearanceUnhealthy approach to our decisionsUnhealthy control of our reactionsUnhealthy excuse for our actions

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The issue with seeing ourselves as “ugly” is that we end up believing that our “ugliness” makes us unlovable.

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Get alone with God

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Romans 5:6; 8; 10 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly….. 8 but God shows his love for us in that

while we were still sinners, Christ died for us….. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son…..

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Hold to what you heard, not what others hear

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Acts 22:9 Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

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You may not see what you hear.

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2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

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Don’t let people’s perceptions keep you shackled to the past.

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Philippians 3:13–14 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining

forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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God sees beauty when He looks at you. You are the apple of His eye!

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Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings

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God sees beauty when He looks at you. You are the apple of His eye!