Life Is Precious

Slide 1: Life is PRECIOUS… Psalm 8:1-9 Sonny Naz/Pastor 4 May 2008

Slide 2: “… created in the image of God…” (Gen 1:26-27)

Slide 3: Do we treat people like “resources ” or “image bearers of God”?

Slide 4: During your life….

Slide 5: During your life… You’ll drink 15,000 gallons of water

Slide 6: During your life… Your heart will beat 2.5 billion times

Slide 7: During your life… You’ll take enough steps to walk all around the earth twice.

Slide 8: Did you know? Your nose knows 50,000 different scents….

Slide 9: Did you know? Your body has 62,000 miles of blood vessels…

Slide 10: Did you know? Your scalp has 100,000 hairs… Some people more than others….

Slide 11: Did you know? Your eye can distinguish 500 shades of just the color grey…

Slide 12: Did you know? Your body will produce 300 billion new cells today…

Slide 13: Did you know? You use 200 muscles to take 1 step…

Slide 14: Did you know? You’ll spend two weeks of your life kissing…

Slide 15: Did you know? A baby is, pound for pound stronger than an ox…

Slide 16: Did you know? You’re born with your left lung smaller than your right …to make room for your heart…

Slide 17: Did you know? “Within 5 months an unborn baby can smile, frown, suck its thumb, and recognize its mother’s voice”

Slide 18: Did you know? “You” were the result of the 1 sperm out of 500 million to find the egg.

Slide 19: a l l y t h i n k t h a t y o u Special ry? ? ina ao rd ved? xtr Lo l? E fu ti ? ed a u e ss B le B

Slide 20: Every life is a miracle…

Slide 21: You are a miracle…

Slide 22: A. Life is precious because… 1. We bear the image of God (Gen 1:26-27)

Slide 23: A. Life is precious because… 1. We bear the image of God (Gen 1:26-27) 2. We are valuable as God’s handiwork (Psalm 8)

Slide 24: B. How can we make life more valuable? 1. We should value life by being slow to anger (Prov. 14:29)

Slide 25: B. How can we make life more valuable? 1. We should value life by being slow to anger (Prov. 14:29) 2. We should be kind to one another (Eph 4:31-32)

Slide 26: We should be kind to one another (Eph 4:31-32)… Believers are to get rid of six vices: 1. Bitterness 2. Rage 3. Anger 4. Brawling 5. Slander 6. Malice

Slide 27: We should be kind to one another (Eph 4:31-32)… Three positive commands: 1. Be kind 2. Be compassionate 3. Be forgiving

Slide 28: The reason for these positive commands is that in Christ God is kind (Eph 2:7), compassionate (Mark 1:41) and gracious (Rom 8:32) to believers.

Slide 29: B. How can we make life more valuable? 1. We should value life by being slow to anger (Prov. 14:29) 2. We should be kind to one another (Eph 4:31-32) 3. We should defend the afflicted and the needy (Prov. 31:9)

Slide 30: B. How can we make life more valuable? 1. We should value life by being slow to anger (Prov. 14:29) 2. We should be kind to one another (Eph 4:31-32) 3. We should defend the afflicted and the needy (Prov. 31:9) 4. We should bear one another’s burden (Gal 6:2-3)

Slide 31: FINAL THOUGHT: Life is precious. Life is a miracle. You are a miracle.   “Therefore, treat every person as a miracle not as a ‘resources’ to be used, used up and cast away but as God’s image bearers.”