DAY 2 -My Face

The Man in the Mirror Journey

is a journey of walking out of a tomb and recognizing everyday the beauty and significance of how God created us. Instead of rebounding, re-bonding, and finding esteem in the arms of someone else, these are the step to seeing it in the arms of God

Day 2

My Face

I wanted to focus on the things we carry on our face in sin. I found scripture that related to some things I know we see in the mirror which are shame, disgrace, sadness, guilt, and fear. Let’s shut it all down!

What my OLD Reflection looked like

(purple represent Royalty)

Psalm 44:15


My disgrace is before me all day long, and my FACE is covered with shame

Ezra 9:6

Prayed: "O my God, I am too ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face to you, my God, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.

Nehemiah 2:2


So the king asked me, "Why does your FACE look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart." I was very much afraid

Psalm 69:7


For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face

Pause

Let’s take a stop here!

I have looked in the morning a couple of times, especially after I had sex, and felt shame & guilt because I knew better! I had compromised my standards for a flitting emotion, and had not waited for enduring love! When my heart got broken I couldn't see anything but sadness in the mirror! Ever just cried so hard and saw your puffy face, and was disgusted that you had cried that hard. Even thought how were you going to step outside looking the way you do?

I’ve been afraid of my reflection before. I remember I got so depressed that I hadn’t looked in the mirror for a really long time. I had to put a note Chiyah left me on my mirror just to build up courage. Because I didn’t see much worth there, it was always a distorted reflection. I don’t know how your reflection fits here…but take a moment to reflect on those moments like I have.

My HOPE

Now that you have it look in the mirror…even if it’s difficult and feels corny…SPEAK this to YOURSELF!

(red symbolizes the blood of Christ)

Job 11:15


Then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear.

Job 22:26


Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.

Scripture to say in the mirror

WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT YOUR FACE

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

put you name in the blank

12Therefore, since _______ have such a hope, I am very bold. 13_______ is not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at it while the radiance was fading away. 14But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is FREEDOM. 18And ______, who with unveiled FACE reflects the Lord's glory, _______ being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

The Breakdown

THE ULTIMATE sacrifice is just that! The ultimate sacrifice because before Christ died on the cross for our sins, man could NOT come into the presence of the Lord lightly. There was a process of pureness in order to seek his face, and when you were divinely selected like Moses, the time you spent with him left YOUR FACE radiating…better than a Burke&Williams spa babe! All the impurities from your flesh and your spirit were gone. It was a testament to those around you that you had be WASH CLEAN! One of the coolest dimensions to Christ’s resurrection power is that his death removed that veil between us and God so that we could ALL have a personal relationship with him!!! Before his sacrifice, we would need to go to the temple and atone our sins through the priest and specialty sacrifices at either the tabernacle that was built in the wilderness or in Solomon's Temple, but Solomon's Temple was destroyed and to this day it is not built. The best that our brother and sister Jews have is to gather at the ruins and place the prayers in the wall. That's why the scripture above says that the "same veil remains when the OLD COVENANT is read..."who with unveiled FACE reflects the Lords glory..."

We can do this right here..RIGHT NOW…

Prayer

The God who is LOVE we come before you humbling ourselves, because we have been distracted by what we see in the mirror. We have been confused by what sadness, shame, disgrace, and guilt have told us. Forgive us for believing their lies, and neglecting your hope! Neglecting your love…neglecting your salvation! We bow our heads seeking your face because it says in your word that if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my FACE and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land!

Heal our land…heal our reflection, heal our heart, heal our minds, heal our bodies, heal everything that we see right now in the spirit and in the flesh!

I can’t do this without you God, I’ve tried it before, and I've failed because I did it my way! Teach me your decrees so that I may not hid my FACE from them!

When I see my face I want to see YOU. Meet me more than half way! Meet at the bottom…meet me in my self-centered conceit. Meet me in my make-up that is sometimes a mask. MEET ME HERE underneath my skin still in the tomb…walking towards your voice. REMOVE DISTRACTIONS from this prayer. Those who have clicked away…meet them there and pull them back!

Now do what you do best! Be God ALONE! Continue to decrease me and make you self known to all!!!

In the Jesus of Nazerius NAME who holds ALL POWER! Shut it DOWN Holy Ghost!

Love Sham and whoever else can see their reflection in the computer screen