Romans 12:3-8The problem with MEHow Jesus sets me free from MEHow the free me contributes to WE“People with high self-esteem pose a greater threat to those around them than people with lowself-esteem and feeling bad about yourself is not the source of our country’s biggest, mostexpensive social problems.” - Lauren Slater, The Trouble With Self-Esteem, The New YorkTimes magazine, Feb 3, 2002“If Christians lived out what they believed about the teachings of Jesus, we would all beChristians.” Gandhi1 Corinthians 4:6-7Sinful pride is the illusion that we are competent to run our own lives, achieve our ownsense of self-worth, and find a purpose big enough to give us meaning in life withoutGod.“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the nextperson. We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not.They are proud of being richer, or cleverer, or better-looking than others. If everyone elsebecame equally rich, or clever, or good-looking there would be nothing to be proud about.”- C. S. Lewis“My drive in life comes from a fear of being mediocre. That is always pushing me. I push pastone spell of it and discover myself as a special human being but then I feel I am still mediocreand uninteresting unless I do something else. Because even though I have become somebody,I still have to prove that I am somebody. My struggle has never ended and I guess it never will.”- MadonnaHow Jesus sets me free from ME:1 Corinthians 4:2-5How does Paul do that?Jesus has declared the ultimate verdict, so he simply leaves the courtroom!Romans 8:1How the free me contributes to WE:I am free to use the gifts from God to serve the people of God to bring glory to God.The Big Idea: As Jesus fills our soul, we become His gifts to each other.Three adjectives offered as guidance to use your bellows:1. Generously2. Diligently3. CheerfullyResponse:● What is God’s verdict about me?● What will happen if I accept His verdict?● Who can I encourage this week?

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